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Managing access to sensitive data is the name of the game when it comes to security and data governance. It’s required to protect sensitive data from unauthorized changes or exposure, and it’s now a mandate as part of privacy regulations such as GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Companies all over the world are now focused on protecting sensitive PII associated with their customers and employees.

Organizational leaders worldwide agree that data governance is important. However, data governance programs in most companies are still being planned or in progress. In a 2020 Dataversity report¹, only 12 percent of companies had fully implemented programs, while 38 percent of programs were a work in progress, and 31 percent were just getting started. That’s because companies often run into roadblocks while executing data governance. Below are five common obstacles organizations face.