CompTIA Data+: Data Governance
The provider lists this domain at 14% of the exam.
In plain English
The rules around data: who owns it, who may see it, how long it is kept, and how its quality is checked.
What the provider lists under it
- Data management: documentation, versioning, lineage
- Compliance: retention, audits, regulations
- Privacy and protection: access control, encryption, masking
- Quality assurance: profiling, monitoring, testing
Terms worth knowing
- Data governance: The rules and responsibilities for how an organisation manages, protects and uses its data.
- Encryption at rest and in transit: Scrambling data so it is unreadable without a key, while it is stored and while it moves.
- Least privilege: Give every person and system only the access they need to do their job, and nothing more.
Quick answers
How much of the CompTIA Data+ exam is Data Governance?
The provider lists it at 14% of the exam, according to the CompTIA Data+ certification page (DA0-002).
What topics are in Data Governance?
Data management: documentation, versioning, lineage; Compliance: retention, audits, regulations; Privacy and protection: access control, encryption, masking; Quality assurance: profiling, monitoring, testing.
The other CompTIA Data+ domains
- Data Concepts and Environments (20% of the exam)
- Data Acquisition and Preparation (22% of the exam)
- Data Analysis (24% of the exam)
- Visualization and Reporting (20% of the exam)
Test yourself
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