CompTIA Data+ (DA0-002)Data Governance, Quality and ControlsMedium
A large enterprise forms a cross-functional group with representatives from IT, legal, compliance, and business units. This group approves enterprise-wide data policies, resolves disputes over data ownership, and prioritizes data quality initiatives across departments. What is this group called?
- AIncident Response Team
- BData Architecture Review Board
- CData Governance Council
- DChange Advisory Board
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Data Governance Council
A Data Governance Council (or committee) is the cross-functional body that sets policy direction, resolves ownership disputes, and prioritizes governance initiatives across the organization. The other groups focus on IT change control, technical architecture, or security incidents, not enterprise data policy.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. An incident response team handles security incidents, not policy and ownership decisions.
- B. An architecture review board focuses on technical system design, not governance policy.
- D. A Change Advisory Board reviews IT change requests, not data policy.
Data Governance Council
A cross-functional oversight body that sets enterprise data policy, resolves ownership disputes, and prioritizes governance initiatives.
- Includes IT, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders
- Sets strategic direction; stewards execute day-to-day rules
- Resolves cross-department disagreements over data ownership
Memory trick: Council sits at the top like a courtroom judge deciding data disputes