risk management

The Hidden Risk of Institutional Knowledge

At many universities, critical data doesn’t live in systems. It lives in people. When the only person who understands a dataset leaves the institution, the impact is rarely immediate, but it is almost always significant.

Data Governance as Risk Management, Not Documentation

One of the most common failure modes in data governance initiatives is an overemphasis on documentation. Institutions build large data glossaries, establish committees, and catalogue new definitions. But over time it becomes clear that while documentation exists the underlying problems remain.