Having a clear understanding of where your data is being consumed is a critical first step toward being able to secure and ultimately protect it. Using data flow diagrams, it is possible to know the ...

A data dictionary is like a bill of materials for a database; it lists all database components, including reports, tables, field names and field types. Such information helps audit databases for ...

Right now, the City of Chicago is working on documenting all of its data. That’s right: all of Chicago’s public data, across all databases, in all its departments and sister agencies. The project, ...