The hottest Data Governance Substack posts right now

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($) Do We Need Sovereign AI?

Interconnected • 76 implied HN points • 17 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Cloud Computing Data Governance
  1. Sovereign AI is a concept gaining attention, especially with Nvidia's involvement, and raises questions about AI infrastructure and global talent flow.
  2. The idea of sovereign AI has potential benefits in addressing issues like hallucination and data governance that plague generative AI.
  3. Global discussions are evolving around the necessity of sovereign AI to tackle complex AI challenges and leverage economies of scale.

Databricks Unity Catalog: Enabling Data Democratization

Data Plumbers • 19 implied HN points • 08 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Data Management Data Governance
  1. Data democratization is vital for modern data strategies, making data more accessible and understandable within an organization for informed decision-making and better customer experiences.
  2. Databricks Unity Catalog supports data democratization by providing a centralized governance layer, simplifying access management, enabling unified data management, and fostering data discovery, collaboration, and sharing.
  3. Implementing data democratization requires robust data governance and security measures to mitigate risks of privacy violations and data leaks.

Get a Microsoft 365 Copilot security teardown without hours of documentation review

Deploy Securely • 39 implied HN points • 24 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Security Privacy Data Governance AI Governance Data Management
  1. Microsoft 365 Copilot provides detailed data residency and retention controls favored by enterprises in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
  2. Be cautious of insider threats with Copilot as it allows access to considerable organizational data, potentially leading to inadvertent policy violations.
  3. Consider the complexities of Copilot's retention policies, especially in relation to existing settings and the use of Bing for web searches.
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The Ways Microsoft Copilot for Security Can Enhance Security Operations with Microsoft Purview

Rod’s Blog • 19 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Security AI Data Governance Compliance Incident Management
  1. Microsoft Security Copilot enhances security by seamlessly integrating with Microsoft Purview, simplifying security policies and governance.
  2. The AI capabilities of Microsoft Security Copilot aid in proactive threat detection and response by analyzing data to identify potential risks before they escalate.
  3. Automated compliance and data governance processes are streamlined through the combination of Microsoft Purview's features and Security Copilot's automation, facilitating adherence to regulations.

Will active metadata eat the orchestrator?

Data People Etc. • 88 implied HN points • 27 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Data Management Data Governance Collaboration Innovation
  1. Active metadata is a dynamic way to manage and use metadata across different parts of the data stack.
  2. Active metadata can potentially replace triggering mechanism aspect of data orchestrators, but not the optimization intelligence.
  3. The true value of active metadata lies in empowering business users by acting as a personal data assistant.

Using Microsoft Purview for Data Classification and Labeling to Secure Generative AI

Rod’s Blog • 19 implied HN points • 20 Nov 23
🕹 Technology AI Data Governance Security Generative AI
  1. Data classification and labeling can enhance data quality by ensuring authenticity, reliability, and relevance, and help remove unnecessary or erroneous data for Generative AI systems.
  2. Data classification and labeling can safeguard data privacy and confidentiality, prevent unauthorized access, and aid in compliance with data protection regulations like GDPR and CCPA.
  3. Using Microsoft Purview for data classification and labeling can efficiently manage data access, apply sensitivity labels, and provide insights to improve data security and reliability for Generative AI.

Data Contracts Book - Early Release

Data Products • 2 implied HN points • 27 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Data products Data Contracts Data Engineering Data Quality Data Governance
  1. Chad Sanderson announced an upcoming book on Data Contracts with O'Reilly, covering topics like what data contracts are, how they work, implementation, examples, and the future implications. The book will delve into Data Quality and Governance.
  2. The first two chapters of the book are available for free on the O'Reilly website. They cover the importance of data contracts and the real goals of data quality initiatives, totaling about 45 pages of content.
  3. Chad Sanderson is currently selecting technical reviewers for the book. Interested individuals can reach out to him to share their thoughts on an advance copy.

Meta v. Bright Data Perspectives: A Data Score Interview with Glacier Networks

The Data Score • 1 HN point • 20 Feb 24
💼 Business Data insights Legal Compliance Web scraping Data Governance Risk management
  1. The court ruling in the Meta v. Bright Data case may lead to more defenses against web scraping and offers clarity on accessing public data while underscoring the importance of adhering to individual website terms.
  2. Before starting a web mining project, individuals should carefully review each website's terms, assess intended usage of scraped data, and consider the legal implications of accessing specific content.
  3. Upcoming court cases, like those involving Meta and other companies, may set standards for web mining governance while Glacier Network emphasizes a standardized risk policy to simplify data exchange and compliance in a rapidly evolving data industry.

☎️ Interview: Stijn Christiaens, CEO of Collibra on the State of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies #004

Let Us Face the Future • 19 implied HN points • 05 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Data Governance Data Sharing Data Monetization
  1. Collaborative computing is shaping the future of data use and value maximization.
  2. Selling data products often means competing against non-consumption and overcoming organizational inertia.
  3. The rise of Chief Data Officers is simplifying the sales process and driving internal data sharing before external collaboration.

☎️ Interview: Dr Hyoduk Shin, Professor of Innovation at UC San Diego on the State of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies #003

Let Us Face the Future • 19 implied HN points • 05 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Privacy Data Sharing Data Governance Regulation
  1. Collaborative computing is becoming a trillion-dollar market reshaping how data is used in the economy.
  2. To promote data sharing, companies need to realign incentives, focus on building relationships, work on culture, and segment data by time.
  3. Financial services and healthcare are early adopters of data collaboration tools due to confidentiality and regulation around privacy and data security.

The Consumer-Defined Data Contract

Data Products • 3 implied HN points • 04 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Data Contracts Data Engineering Data Governance Data Quality Software Engineering
  1. Producers need to move towards consumer-defined data contracts to improve data quality and alignment with user needs.
  2. A phased approach of awareness, collaboration, and contract ownership helps in successful data contract adoption.
  3. Starting with consumer-defined contracts drives communication, awareness, and problem visibility, leading to long-term benefits.

Snowflake Summit 2023

Magis • 2 HN points • 02 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Cloud Computing Software Development Cybersecurity Data Governance
  1. Snowflake Summit 2023 introduced key features including a partnership with Nvidia, Snowpark Container Services for machine learning, and updates to the Native Application Framework.
  2. Snowflake announced new options for paying Marketplace Listings using Snowflake capacity contracts, custom billing events for native applications, and data governance features like Aggregation Constraints.
  3. Additional announcements at Snowflake Summit 2023 included updates in Snowflake SQL, a new Snowflake Performance Index, and the ability to set spending alerts and calculate cost run-rates.

Historage Tech completed a tens of millions Series A round

CyberSecurityMew • 0 implied HN points • 10 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Data security Funding AI Data Governance Digital economy
  1. Historage Tech completed a Series A funding round worth tens of millions of RMB. This is their second round of funding this year after the April investment from Hefei Gaotou.
  2. Historage Tech innovatively combines data governance with data security through their Seastone Data Platform. They offer AI-driven data classification and categorization for enhanced security.
  3. The funding from Qi-An-Chuanfa Fund will help Historage Tech accelerate market expansion and continue developing their data platform, aligning with the future digital economy's focus on business-driven data governance.

Embedded Analytics - Under the Hood

astrodata • 0 implied HN points • 30 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Data Governance Performance Data Monetization
  1. Embedded analytics bring data to where customers are, sparking curiosity and increasing engagement by providing data in easily interpretable ways.
  2. Themes of modern embedded analytics include leveraging headless BI tools with semantic layers for defining business logic, and ensuring data governance for reliable data access.
  3. Building embedded analytics solutions not only drives product engagement by integrating data analysis seamlessly, but also opens avenues for data monetization and fosters internal data-driven cultures within businesses.