Enterprise governance
Enterprise governance is the set of processes and practices by which you align with your strategic objectives, assess and manage risk, and ensure that your company's resources are used responsibly.
Cloud Pak for Data includes several services and features that can help you govern your enterprise more effectively:
| What do you want to govern? | Examples | Recommended tools and services |
|---|---|---|
| Business processes | You want to ensure that a specific process is followed. For example: • Employees submit purchase requests • A change request is submitted • Contracts are signed |
Use workflows to manage business processes: • The IBM Knowledge Catalog services include predefined workflows that you can use to manage the process of creating, updating, and deleting of governance artifacts. • Alternatively, you can use the workflow management feature to create and manage custom workflows. |
| Data | You want to ensure that users can find and work with your enterprise's data. But you want to ensure that the data, especially sensitive data, is handled according to business rules and standards and to industry regulations. | IBM Knowledge Catalog any edition |
| Risk and regulatory compliance | You want to ensure that: • Risks are identified, tracked, and mitigated • Compliance initiatives are managed and monitored For example, you want to ensure that you have: • A business continuity plan • A financial control process • An assessment of risks posed by relationships with third-parties |
IBM OpenPages for Cloud Pak for Data |
| Software libraries and packages | You want to ensure that data scientists and developers use approved software and packages. | Anaconda Repository for IBM Cloud Pak for Data |