Data Management Frameworks

ISO/IEC 38505

Governance of Data

Formal standard Global ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 Since 2017

Applies the ISO/IEC 38500 IT governance principles specifically to data, giving boards and executives a model for the accountability, strategy and conformance of data use.

Deliberately high level: it tells a governing body what questions to ask, not how to implement controls. Pair it with a control framework if you need something auditable.

At a glance

Category
Data Management Frameworks
Jurisdiction
Global
Governance
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40
Status
Part 1 published 2017; Part 2 (data analytics) 2018
First released
2017

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