Title: Data Management Overview
Course: 2016FA-MCO-110-401 > Section: Module 7: Introduction to Information Technology

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Data Management

IT Data Management can include many aspects of data and data handling. It involves knowing what data assets you have and managing their use and storage in such a way that is legal, retains the data that needs to be retained, and ensures its integrity. Four principles often encountered when studying data management include: data ownership, data retention policy, security, and enhancement policies.

- Data Ownership – The term that describes who owns (possession) and holds the responsibility for data[1].
- Data Retention Policy – A policy that details how long each type of data must be kept and says who is responsible for retention and then ultimately the destruction of data no longer needed. (Laws that govern how long certain types of data must be kept must be followed when creating this policy.)[2]
- Security – The protection of data from unauthorized access, use, and modification while it is stored, transmitted, and processed[3].
- Data Enhancement/Handling Policy – A policy that specifies the ways in which data can be cleaned to remove incorrect data, updated to be made correct, or data added, augmented, or enhanced. (The policy must reflect data retention laws and usually is aimed at maintaining data integrity.[4])

These policies are used to create and maintain an organization’s strategy to organize and manage its data.

IT data management employees must be familiar with data governance, data quality management, security management, data architecture/design, and database management. Some data management job titles are: Data Analyst, Jr. Data Analyst, and IT Data Services Specialist[4].

Reference List

[1] | Northern Illinois University, "Data Ownership," 2005. [Online]. Available: http://ori.hhs.gov/education/products/n_illinois_u/datamanagement/dotopic.html. [Accessed 2014].
[2] | National Council of Nonprofits, "Document Retention Policies," 2014. [Online]. Available: http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/document-retention-policies. [Accessed 2014].
[3] | Universtiy of Nevada, Las Vegas, "Definition of Information Security," 2014. [Online]. Available: http://oit.unlv.edu/network-and-security/definition-information-security. [Accessed 2014].
[4] | E. Naiburg, "Organizations Thrive on Data," IBM Systems Magazine, pp. 28-34, 2009.

Objectives met:
- C7
- 7.3