March 6, 2007

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Level: Advanced

Data departments are expected to support more than operational goals. They may be involved in enterprise-wide privacy, access management, governance, compliance, litigation, or risk management efforts. How do you keep track of the systems, data stores, and people involved in these efforts? This presentation demonstrates how to extend a typical metadata metamodel to store the information you need for these endeavors. We introduce six non-traditional metadata subject areas and demonstrate how they work together to meet operational and auditing requirements for risk-based "Chains of Accountability." We learn how one company created and populated these subject areas in their metadata repository, and how they've successfully used the results to help manage their Data Governance, Stewardship, Compliance, and eSecurity programs. Participants will learn:

• How to describe typical data-related concerns using risk management terminology used by business, legal, compliance, and privacy.
• The elements of six metadata subject areas (risk, risk management strategies, controls, permissions, roles, and accountabilities) used to support compliance and accountability
• How to use metadata to translate typical data management efforts into compliant accountability chains.
• How to gather metadata required to support those accountability chains and communicate value to the business.

Gwen Thomas is President of The Data Governance Institute and publisher of their flagship website, www.SOX-online.com, the web's largest collection of vendor-neutral Sarbanes-Oxley news and information. Gwen has designed Data Governance programs for Sallie Mae, Wachovia Banks, NDCHealth/Wolters Kluwer, Disney, Coors, and others, often partnering with organizations such as IBM and systems integrator CIBER. As an employee of CIBER, she designed their Sarbanes-Oxley practice and worked with a series of large and mid-sized organizations to reduce risk in data integration, web portals, and content projects. A frequent presenter at industry data events and contributor to publications such as z/Journal, RiskCenter's SarboxAlert, and FSI (Financial Solutions International), Gwen is author of the book Alpha Males and Data Disasters: The Case for Data Governance.