Data as a Strategic Asset

Statement

Data is owned, catalogued, and governed as a corporate asset with the same rigour applied to financial and physical assets.

Rationale

Undiscovered or ungoverned data creates regulatory risk and prevents analytics-driven decision-making. Treating data as an asset establishes accountability and unlocks reuse.

Implications

• Every data entity has an assigned data owner
• All data products are registered in the enterprise data catalogue
• Data quality SLAs are defined and monitored