Define data governance and identify its key components.

• A. Data governance is the framework for managing data assets; key components include data stewardship, data quality, policies, standards, metadata, and data lifecycle management.
• B. Data governance focuses only on data encryption.
• C. Data governance is the framework for managing data assets; key components include data stewardship, data quality, metadata, and data lifecycle management.
• D. Data governance is about archiving old data.

Answer: (A)