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AIO Infrastructure Data Governance & Data Management

Effective data management ensures data is readily accessible, reliable, and timely for users. Additionally, it includes a process for securely removing or destroying data when it's no longer needed, with a focus on verifying the process's effectiveness. Examiners should assess the following: • Data identification and classification procedures. • Controls for safeguarding data in both physical and digital formats. • The monitoring of databases, including new and existing ones, as well as noncompliant or misconfigured databases and any changes to them. • The effectiveness of securing databases, analytics tools, and reports. • Procedures for controlling unmasked data in non-production environments. • Processes for applying patches to databases and monitoring the production database's patch level for updates.

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AIO Infrastructure IT Asset Management ITAM, or Information Technology Asset Management, is the process of tracking, managing, and reporting on information and technology assets from acquisition to disposal.

Architecture • Inventories enables management to make informed design changes to align with strategic goals and objectives.

Infrastructure

Operations • ITAM identifies

• ITAM facilitates management's ability to procure hardware or software components that are compatible with the entity's existing infrastructure.

systems that require patching, hardware or software nearing end of-life, vulnerability management.