Data governance refers to the policies, processes, and frameworks that ensure data quality, security, and compliance within an organization. It defines roles, responsibilities, and standards for data management, enabling regulatory compliance and risk mitigation in data-driven businesses.
Data governance sets the rules for who may use data and under what conditions. Whether an approved dataset is actually ready for a given AI run, and whether that run can be reproduced and traced afterward, is a separate question at the execution layer.