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The Best Risk Mitigation Strategy in Data? A Single Source of Truth

This article explores the semantic layer as a data risk mitigation strategy, identifying three hidden risk areas (accuracy, governance, change management), contrasting legacy approaches (centralized BI gatekeeping and fragmented governance) with the semantic approach (single definition location, unified governance, self-documenting data), and emphasizing how the semantic layer changes the economics of data risk by reducing the surface area to manage, providing a foundation for AI-driven analytics.

SourceO'Reilly AI & ML RadarAuthor: Jeremy Arendt
The Best Risk Mitigation Strategy in Data? A Single Source of Truth
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  • Three core data risk areas: accuracy, governance, and change management, which compound each other.
  • Legacy approaches rely on analyst gatekeeping and scattered governance, leading to high costs and poor scalability.
  • The semantic layer centralizes metric definitions and access controls, enabling govern-once, access-everywhere.
  • It makes data self-documenting, enabling genuine self-service, but does not eliminate the need for clean data and organizational alignment.

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