ISO 38505

Data now influences almost every important business decision. Organizations use it to understand customers, manage financial performance, operate critical systems, train AI models, measure risk, automate processes, and make strategic decisions. As the importance of data increases, organizations need more than technical data management. They need clear accountability for how data is collected, used, protected, shared, retained, and ultimately disposed of. ISO/IEC 38505-1:2026 applies the governance principles...

Data has become one of the most important assets within modern organizations. Businesses use it to understand customers, manage operations, train artificial intelligence systems, measure performance, make strategic decisions, and meet regulatory obligations. As the amount and importance of organizational data increase, however, so does the need for stronger governance.   Organizations need to know who is accountable for data, how it should be used, how it...