# Data Governance **Entity class:** Data-management and institutional-governance field ## Definition **Data governance** establishes responsibility, standards, quality, access, provenance, retention, security, permitted use, and accountability for data across an organization or ecosystem. In intelligence and AI, it is the operating discipline that makes sharing and machine use governable. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Data Provenance|Data Provenance]], [[wiki/Data Quality|Data Quality]], [[wiki/Authorized Use|Authorized Use]], [[wiki/Purpose Limitation|Purpose Limitation]], and [[wiki/AI-Ready Intelligence Data|AI-Ready Intelligence Data]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Department of Defense, *DoD Data Strategy*, September 30, 2020](https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/08/2002514180/-1/-1/0/DOD-DATA-STRATEGY.PDF). **As of:** 2026-09-23