Course Methodology

The material used in the training course will be based on exercises as well as regional and international case studies. Participants will frequently work in pairs with one another as well as in larger teams.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand how data and information can be managed more efficiently and effectively within organizations to tackle Privacy, Data Protection and Cyber Security threats and risks
• Recognize Data Governance controls, policies and strategies to capture, manage and securely dispose of business data and records
• Develop action plans to manage information compliance, audits, legislation and regulations through review of information and information management controls
• Set up and implement a Data Governance project, including addressing roles and responsibilities, risk management and improving business processes  
• Manage data to international best practices ISACA, ISO 8000 - International Data Management Standards, Privacy and Global Cyber Security  

Target Audience

This course is suitable for IT professionals, document controllers, auditors, site administrators, general management and anyone tasked with managing and protecting data and information. This also includes professionals already familiar and involved with data management and seeking to build on their fundamental principles of managing data, information and records.

Target Competencies

• Data Governance
• Information Security Management
• Data Compliance
• Managing Data
• Data Management Policies and Procedures

International Data Management Standards

• Introduction to Data Governance and Management
• Managing Structured and Unstructured Data
• Data Lifecycle Management (DLM)
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• ISO 8000 - Information and Data Quality
• Data Management Skills and Responsibilities

Compliance, Regulations, Data Security and ISO 27001

• Data Governance Management Standards and Compliance
• ISACA Auditing Standards
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Privacy
• Document and Records Management Compliance
• ISO27001 Information Security and Cyber Security

Analysis, Analytics, Mining and Reporting

• Data Analysis
• Data Modelling
• Data Analytics
• Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting
• Data Mining
• Management Reporting
• Business Process Modelling
• Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)

Data Governance IT Solutions

• Enterprise Content Management Systems
• Document and Records Management
• Data Dictionary, Data Analysis and Data Mining
• Relational Databases and Indexing 
• Archiving and Preservation

Developing Policy, Procedures and Action Plans  

• Data Governance Management Polices
• Develop Data Lifecycle Management Procedures
• Create Data Governance Management Action Plan