Data Management Compliance and Risk

Data Governance and Compliance

Build practical systems for data control, accountability, privacy, and regulatory readiness

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16
Self-paced, Online, Lessons
16
Videos and/or Narrated Presentations
5.1
Approximate Hours of Course Media
About the Data Governance and Compliance Course

This Data Governance and Compliance course gives you a practical foundation in how organizations manage information responsibly, reduce risk, and meet regulatory expectations. You will learn how Data Management supports better decision-making, stronger accountability, and more reliable day-to-day operations.

Build A Strong Data Governance And Compliance Framework

  • Build practical systems for data control, accountability, privacy, and regulatory readiness
  • Understand how governance, risk, and compliance work together in real business settings
  • Learn how to define policies, roles, standards, and controls that support Data Management
  • Gain practical skills for handling personal data, access, retention, and incident response

Learn how to turn governance principles into effective operational practices across the organization.

In this course, you will explore the foundations of Data Governance and Compliance and see why governance matters for accuracy, trust, and business resilience. You will examine the relationship between governance, risk, and compliance, then learn how to build a framework with clear decision rights, ownership, and stewardship. The course also shows you how to create policies and standards that are understandable, usable, and aligned with organizational goals.

You will gain practical knowledge of data classification, privacy obligations, access control, data quality, retention, and secure disposal. The lessons also cover third-party governance, compliance evidence, breach management, monitoring, and control testing so you can better support regulatory readiness. Along the way, you will see how effective Data Management depends on both structure and culture, including training, accountability, and continuous improvement.

By the end of the course, you will be able to Build practical systems for data control, accountability, privacy, and regulatory readiness while making governance part of everyday work. You will leave with the confidence to support stronger Data Governance and Compliance practices and help your organization manage data more safely, consistently, and strategically.

Course Lessons

Full lesson breakdown

Lessons are organized by topic area and each includes descriptive copy for search visibility and student clarity.

Foundations of governance and compliance

1 lesson

Lesson 1: Why Data Governance Matters

18 min Preview
Data governance matters because it turns data from an unmanaged asset into a controlled business resource. It defines who can use data, how it should be protected, and what happens when rules are not …

How the three disciplines work together

1 lesson

Lesson 2: Governance, Risk, and Compliance in Context

18 min
This lesson explains how governance, risk, and compliance work together as a single operating system for data oversight. You will learn the distinct role of each discipline, where they overlap, and ho…

Structure, accountability, and decision rights

1 lesson

Lesson 3: Building the Governance Framework

20 min
This lesson shows how to turn data governance from an idea into a working structure. You will define the core roles, set decision rights, and build a governance framework that makes accountability cle…

Turning principles into practical rules

1 lesson

Lesson 4: Data Policies and Standards

18 min
Data policies and standards turn broad governance principles into clear, repeatable rules. In this lesson, learners see how policies define what must be done , how standards define how it must be done…

Roles that keep governance operational

1 lesson

Lesson 5: Data Ownership and Stewardship

18 min
Data ownership and stewardship turn governance from a policy document into daily operating practice. This lesson explains how to assign accountable owners for data assets, define stewardship responsib…

Protecting information by sensitivity and use

1 lesson

Lesson 6: Data Classification and Handling Rules

20 min
This lesson explains how to classify data by sensitivity and business use, then turn that classification into practical handling rules. You will learn how to label information consistently, define who…

Managing personal information responsibly

1 lesson

Lesson 7: Privacy Obligations and Personal Data

22 min
This lesson explains what counts as personal data, why privacy obligations matter, and how to handle personal information responsibly in day-to-day governance work. You will learn how to identify pers…

Limiting exposure without slowing the business

1 lesson

Lesson 8: Access Control and Least Privilege

18 min
Access control is the practical side of data governance: deciding who can see, change, approve, and export information. In this lesson, learners will build a clear mental model of least privilege , un…

Ensuring data is accurate, complete, and reliable

1 lesson

Lesson 9: Data Quality and Integrity Controls

20 min
This lesson explains how data quality and integrity controls make data accurate, complete, consistent, and trustworthy across systems and teams. You will learn the practical controls that reduce error…

Keeping data only as long as needed

1 lesson

Lesson 10: Retention, Archiving, and Disposal

18 min
This lesson explains how to decide how long data should be kept , when to move it into archived storage , and how to dispose of it safely when it is no longer needed. You will learn practical retentio…

Managing external data risk

1 lesson

Lesson 11: Vendor and Third-Party Governance

20 min
Third-party vendors can expand capability quickly, but they also expand your data risk surface. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to identify which vendors matter most, what to check before sharing dat…

What auditors and regulators expect

1 lesson

Lesson 12: Compliance Requirements and Evidence

18 min
This lesson explains what auditors and regulators usually look for when they ask an organization to prove compliance. The focus is not on writing policies for their own sake, but on building evidence …

Detecting, escalating, and responding to issues

1 lesson

Lesson 13: Incident Response and Breach Management

22 min
This lesson shows how to recognize a data incident early, separate signal from noise, and move quickly through a controlled response. You will learn how to define severity, assign ownership, preserve …

Measuring whether governance works

1 lesson

Lesson 14: Monitoring, Metrics, and Controls Testing

18 min
This lesson shows how to tell whether a data governance program is actually working. You will learn how to define useful metrics, monitor core controls, and test whether policies, access rules, retent…

Making governance part of everyday work

1 lesson

Lesson 15: Training and Culture

18 min
This lesson explains how to make data governance part of everyday work, not a policy that sits on a shelf. You will learn how training, role clarity, manager reinforcement, and simple habits help peop…

Prioritising the next phase of maturity

1 lesson

Lesson 16: Continuous Improvement and Governance Roadmaps

20 min
This lesson shows how to turn a working governance programme into a continuous improvement system rather than a one-time compliance project. You will learn how to read maturity signals, identify the n…
About Your Instructor
Professor Victor Zane

Professor Victor Zane

Professor Victor Zane guides this AI-built Virversity course with a clear, practical teaching style.