What is data access governance?

Data access governance is the process of managing and controlling access to your organization's data. The goals of a scalable data access governance program are to enhance data security and regulatory compliance, as well as prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

What is data access control?

Data access control is a subset of data access governance that refers to the methods used to regulate the viewing and use of specific data in a database or other IT system. The control measures can be as straightforward as multi-factor authentication and as complex as advanced encryption algorithms.

How do I start with data access governance?

Getting started with data access governance involves three key steps. First, define your data access policies, outlining who has the right to access data and under which specific circumstances. Second, identify your data assets and classify them based on their sensitivity or confidentiality. Third, implement a data governance solution to manage permissions and continuously monitor data access to detect any potential anomalies or misuse. Collibra provides a data intelligence platform that can help with all these steps.

How can I protect my company’s data?

Protecting company data requires a comprehensive strategic approach that includes implementing strong data access governance and control, continuously assessing and updating security software, educating employees about cybersecurity best practices and maintaining regular data backups. Data protection tools, such as Collibra Protect, can help detect potential threats, automate data privacy and security processes, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

Simplify data access governance and define it all from a single location

Accelerate data access governance by discovering, defining and protecting data from a unified platform. Enable enterprises to make policy decisions based on what, why and who should access data.

Key features and capabilities

Data access policy overview

Govern data access policies from a single pane of glass. Engage stakeholders across data, privacy and business teams to collaborate on and review policies.

No-code policy builder

Experience an easy-to-use, no-code path to write and push policies to the cloud. Pre-populate policies by pulling in data asset information from your data catalog.

Data intelligence for smarter policies

Refine your access governance as you use it. Leverage metadata and business context to inform who, how and why data should be accessed.

Scalable enforcement

Write one-and-done policies to protect data in cloud platforms, such as Databricks Unity Catalog, Snowflake Data Cloud, Google Cloud, AWS and beyond.

Automatic data classification

Take advantage of automatic classification to understand the content and sensitivity of data. Scale data protection for massive volumes of data.

Enterprise data catalog

Organize and maintain an inventory of your organization’s sensitive data across departments and domains.

Granular access controls and protection

Enable access controls at the column and row level. Apply advanced protection with data masking, redacting or hashing functions.

Custom data masking

Bring Your Own Masking for Snowflake and Databricks allows custom functions to be applied to every data category and class, providing consistent masking techniques and tools for your entire enterprise.

Frequently asked questions

What is data access governance?

Data access governance is the process of managing and controlling access to your organization's data. The goals of a scalable data access governance program are to enhance data security and regulatory compliance, as well as prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.
Learn more about data access governance here
What is data access control?

Data access control is a subset of data access governance that refers to the methods used to regulate the viewing and use of specific data in a database or other IT system. The control measures can be as straightforward as multi-factor authentication and as complex as advanced encryption algorithms.
How do I start with data access governance?

Getting started with data access governance involves three key steps. First, define your data access policies, outlining who has the right to access data and under which specific circumstances. Second, identify your data assets and classify them based on their sensitivity or confidentiality. Third, implement a data governance solution to manage permissions and continuously monitor data access to detect any potential anomalies or misuse. Collibra provides a data intelligence platform that can help with all these steps.
Learn how to set your data access governance foundation here
How can I protect my company’s data?

Protecting company data requires a comprehensive strategic approach that includes implementing strong data access governance and control, continuously assessing and updating security software, educating employees about cybersecurity best practices and maintaining regular data backups. Data protection tools, such as Collibra Protect, can help detect potential threats, automate data privacy and security processes, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

Simplify data access governance and define it all from a single location