Your data strategy is not a technology problem
Every data strategy initiative that frames itself as a technology problem ends up delivering technology. The data problem remains because it was never a technology problem to begin with.
Data fragmentation is a governance problem before it is a technical one
Data fragmentation is typically treated as a technical problem: too many databases, too many integration gaps, not enough of a data platform. But the technical symptoms are downstream of a governance failure that was in place long before the first duplicate record appeared.
The Data Fragmentation Tax
Security debt is different from technical debt. With technical debt, you can patch it gradually-refactor a module here, upgrade a library there. But with security debt, you can’t patch your way out of a breach. One vulnerability, one misconfig, one unpatched server, and your entire organization is at risk. The data is stark: Veracode’s 2024…