Track Data Gov Controls readiness
Data Governance Controls · Data governance readiness topics
Readiness topics for governing data across its life: governance framework, ownership and stewardship, catalog and metadata, classification, quality, lifecycle and retention, lineage, privacy by design, access and sharing, master and reference data, third-party data, and metrics and assurance. Items are original summaries, not text from any standard or body of knowledge. Internal readiness tracker, not an assessment by any standards body or regulator.
Data Gov ControlsWhat is Data Gov Controls?
Readiness topics for governing data across its life: governance framework, ownership and stewardship, catalog and metadata, classification, quality, lifecycle and retention, lineage, privacy by design, access and sharing, master and reference data, third-party data, and metrics and assurance. Items are original summaries, not text from any standard or body of knowledge. Internal readiness tracker, not an assessment by any standards body or regulator.
Who it applies to
Organisations that want an internal readiness view of how they govern data across its life. It is not legal advice and is not affiliated with any standards body or regulator.
How the control catalogue is organised
Twelve groups: data governance framework, ownership and stewardship, catalog and metadata, classification and handling, data quality, lifecycle and retention, lineage and flows, privacy by design, access and sharing, master and reference data, third-party data, and metrics and assurance, summarised here as 84 readiness topics.
Data Gov Controls is an original Bitkosh readiness catalogue. It is not legal advice, and Bitkosh is not a standards body or a regulator. Using this platform does not by itself confer or guarantee any certification or assessment.
Data Gov Controls on the Bitkosh platform
The 84 Data Gov Controls controls sit in one workspace with gap assessment, evidence collection and your readiness score, and shared controls count towards the equivalent requirement in the other 47 ready frameworks at the same time — so a second framework costs a fraction of the first.
How the platform worksSample controls
Six controls from the platform's control library, chosen because they are the most specific to this framework.
- DG-LIN-04Cross-border transfers noted
Flows of personal data across borders are identified and recorded.
Lineage and flows - DG-CAT-07Catalog freshness checks
Catalog entries are reviewed on a schedule and stale ones are corrected or removed.
Catalog and metadata - DG-LIN-06Lineage upkeep
Flow maps are updated when interfaces or systems change.
Lineage and flows - DG-ACS-04Leaver and mover removal
Access is removed or adjusted promptly when staff leave or change role.
Access and sharing - DG-CAT-04Catalog search
People can search a catalog to find data they are allowed to use.
Catalog and metadata - DG-OWN-02Named data stewards
Stewards are assigned to look after day-to-day quality and definitions of each data set.
Ownership and stewardship
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See how the Bitkosh Readiness Platform tracks your Data Gov Controls readiness — and the other 47 ready frameworks — from a single control library.