Data Governance

There is a real and growing tension between data protection and data utility, and the balance is not always struck optimally. Strong privacy laws, encryption practices, and strict governance frameworks are essential for preventing abuse, protecting individuals, and maintaining trust…

From my deductions about the paper, ACXT-207 presents a strong and forward-thinking contribution to cloud security by addressing a very real gap in Zero Trust adoption: the difference between having security controls in place and actually proving that those controls…

Hello, enrollment for the Data Access and Sharing course is now open. Enroll here: https://soma.aphrc.org/courses/course_details/186

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yes, and it is not just conceptual rather Validation-centric as well. The biggest differentiator is that we don\'t just deal with theory but active configuration control where we intentionally break thing to see how they respond to ensure robust and…

The framework appears to be a promising conceptual contribution toward adaptive Zero Trust security in multi-cloud ecosystems. Its strongest aspect is the combination of: cloud-agnostic interoperability, adaptive trust evaluation and continuous security validation.

@Benard Ondiek could you be more specific about the data and problems you want to address?

Data Protection is about the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for the safeguard of the individual privacy and freedom rights.

Data Protection does not prohibit using data for research, however that processing should be done in a lawful manner.

My submission is based on Ghana Data Protection Act, Act 843

One of the objective of the Act is to provide the framework within which PII could be processed without infringing on the privacy or freedom right of the individual (ref: Section 18(1)(a).

The individual has the right to be informed about the purposes of the processing, who will have access to the data, how it will be stored, and disposed off when it is no longer needed. (ref: Sections 20(1)-(3), 22, 23, 24(1)-(2)(c)-(3)

Yes, when data protection focuses more on restricting access than enabling safe, accountable use, it can unintentionally slow solutions to societal problems, but the real challenge is designing governance that protects people while still allowing data to create public value.

Are we protecting data so much that we are unintentionally preventing it from being used to solve societal problems?

Hi everyone, my name is Teresia Dama I work for Safe Community Youth Initiative a CBO located at the Coast of Kenya. I have a background in environment and I am interested to learn more about data analysis and documentation.

Hi, my name is Magambo Nancy, I work with an NGO in health care as a research assistant and that\'s what has pushed me to enrol for data governance trainings by APHRC. Thank you for the opportunity

I am Viola Wendot, and I am really grateful for APHRC for the training offered on the Data Documentation Module

My name is Cynthia Jepchirchir. I am a records management officer from Kenya.

I am greatful to the APHRC for the great work they are doing