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In today’s fast-paced world, where AI is rapidly transforming businesses, data privacy and sovereignty have become critical concerns. As regulations tighten and data sovereignty laws grow increasingly complex, companies must rethink their approach to managing and protecting data. It’s no longer a task limited to a select few; it’s a shared responsibility that spans the entire organization—from leadership to data and application owners. Join us for an insightful webinar as we explore how self-service data management enables organizations to take full control of their data. By combining centralized data governance with decentralized action, every data stakeholder—technical or not—can define, monitor, protect, and localize consumer information and sensitive data through an intuitive, DIY, low-code, unified interface. Our speakers will explore:
- Balancing ‘AI-everywhere’ with the growing pressures of global data privacy regulations and the push for Citizen Data Rights.
- The importance of empowering data owners—from leadership to application and data custodians.
- The role of self-service data management in creating a consistent, standardized process that hands data control to stakeholders, breaking down traditional silos and complexities.
- The impact of centralized data governance and decentralized action empowering everyone, including non-technical users, to define, identify, catalog, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance through an intuitive, DIY, low-code, unified interface.
- Best practices for enterprise adoption of self-service data management, with practical use cases.
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Post-event summary
The webinar titled “Data Privacy & Sovereignty: Self-Service Data Management in an AI World,” hosted by EDM Council and Data Dynamics, explored the complexities of managing unstructured data in the evolving AI landscape. The conversation was led by experts in the industry:
- Piyush Mehta, CEO, DataDynamics
- James Arnold, Enterprise Data & AI Governance, Data Privacy & Security Lead, CVS Health
- Moderator: Jim Halcomb, Head of Product Management, EDM Council
The discussion revolved around data privacy, national sovereignty, and the increasing need for effective data governance. A central theme was the empowerment of data owners to manage their data in line with centralized policies. Traditional governance models often lead to inefficiencies, and the speakers emphasized adopting self-service tools that enable data owners to classify, tag, and manage data effectively.
Piyush highlighted the importance of this approach, stating: “The only way to effectively drive governance and compliance is to allow the data owners to be empowered to execute on central policy decision-making.”
The conversation also addressed the challenges posed by unstructured data, which now accounts for the majority of organizational data, and the risks it presents in terms of security, compliance, and over-retention. AI and large language models (LLMs) were another focus, with speakers stressing the need for stringent controls to prevent unintended data exposure.
Collaboration between IT, compliance, legal, and business units was deemed essential to manage the growing data landscape and mitigate risks. The webinar concluded with a focus on driving cultural change in organizations, empowering data owners, and creating scalable governance frameworks to ensure compliance and data security.