DGV-220Data Governance

Data Mapping and Discovery: Connectors, Owners and Drift

Your data inventory starts going stale the day you finish it. Use discovery tools and clear ownership to keep it accurate as systems change.

6 lessons About 3 hours 2 ALCs Certificate on completion

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan discovery with connectors and scans that find data where it really is
  • Assign an owner to every data store who will keep it current
  • Detect drift when new systems or fields appear
  • Feed the inventory into privacy and security decisions
You finish with

A data discovery and ownership plan

What's in it. A discovery plan and ownership model for keeping the inventory accurate as systems change.

You build it lesson by lesson, using your own organization, and submit it for your certificate. It's yours to keep and adapt.

Who it's for

Data governance, privacy and security teams responsible for data inventories.

What's inside

  1. Part 1Where the requirement comes from 16 min
  2. Part 2How small teams and enterprises meet it 14 min
  3. Part 3The method, step by step 20 min
  4. Part 4Hands-on lab: small team choose one 90 min
  5. Part 5Hands-on lab: enterprise choose one 120 min
  6. Part 6Finish and submit your deliverable 20 min

Built for your size

The requirement is the same everywhere. How you meet it depends on who you have. You pick the lab that matches your organization.

Small team or early-stageQuarterly review.
EnterpriseAutomated discovery with owner attestation.

How you earn the certificate

Submit your finished deliverable, which is scored against a published rubric, and pass a short scenario quiz. Your certificate goes to your wallet and can be checked by anyone on the public register.

Ready to build a data discovery and ownership plan?6 lessons, about 3 hours. Start whenever you're ready.
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