Practical data governance that engineers and auditors both accept
Ownership, access control, lineage and Critical Data Elements implemented in Unity Catalog and Purview.
Overview
Governance fails when it lives in documents nobody reads. We implement it where the data actually is: in Unity Catalog permissions, lineage, classifications and quality controls, backed by a light operating model your business can sustain.
Sound familiar?
- Nobody can say who owns a dataset or who approved access to it
- Permissions have grown ad hoc and nobody is sure who can see personal data
- Regulatory and audit requests for lineage take weeks of manual work
- Data protection obligations under UAE and Saudi law need technical controls
What we deliver
Operating model
Data owners, stewards and decision rights defined for the domains that matter, without a heavyweight programme.
Unity Catalog design
Catalog, schema and privilege model aligned to domains and environments, including migration from Hive metastore.
Access control and masking
Group-based access, row filters and column masks for personal and commercially sensitive data.
Lineage and auditability
End-to-end lineage from source to report, with audit logs you can hand to internal audit or a regulator.
Critical Data Elements
A register of the fields that matter most, with definitions, owners and linked quality rules.
Purview integration
Microsoft Purview scanning, classification and a business glossary alongside Unity Catalog where needed.
Technology
- Unity Catalog
- Microsoft Purview
- Entra ID
- Azure Databricks
- Delta Lake
- Databricks SQL
What you can expect
How we deliver
The same disciplined approach on every engagement, scaled to your scope.
Assess
Understand your current platform, data and priorities, and agree what success looks like.
Design
Target architecture and a phased plan, reviewed with your technical and business owners.
Build
Hands-on delivery with your team, tested and reconciled as we go.
Hand over
Documentation, runbooks and mentoring so your team owns the result.
Common questions
Anything else? Ask us directly.