DatasetsDAMA: 1

Access security

The degree to which access to datasets is restricted.

Created: 10/30/2025
Business Impact
Positive Impacts
  • •Protection of sensitive company, customer, and employee data, maintaining trust and legal standing.
  • •Reduced risk of data breaches, leading to avoidance of financial losses, regulatory fines, and reputational damage.
  • •Ensured compliance with data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).
  • •Preservation of competitive advantage by safeguarding intellectual property and strategic plans.
Negative Impacts (if poor quality)
  • •Data breaches resulting in direct financial costs (remediation, fines), legal liabilities, and loss of intellectual property.
  • •Severe reputational damage and erosion of customer, partner, and employee trust.
  • •Unauthorized access, modification, or misuse of sensitive information leading to competitive disadvantage or operational disruption.
  • •Non-compliance with data privacy laws, attracting significant penalties and sanctions.
Technical Description

Grade

Examples
Good quality vs poor quality indicators
Good Quality Examples

Logistics: Access to sensitive financial data (e.g., terminal revenue) is restricted based on user roles (e.g., finance department only).

Finance: Only HR managers and direct line managers can access employee performance review datasets.

Healthcare: Access to patient electronic health records (EHR) is strictly controlled by role-based access, logged, and audited.

Poor Quality Examples

Logistics: Customer contract details and pricing accessible by all terminal operations staff.

Finance: All employees can view salary information for everyone in the company.

Healthcare: Patient medical history datasets are accessible via a shared network drive with no specific access controls.

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API Access
GET /api/dq-dimensions/aefdfa07-0f44-4162-a699-6cc1c1839b70