Know where your sensitive data sits. Control who can access it. Evidence compliance with confidence.
Empower your data with governance unity.
Many organisations are under pressure to move faster with AI, analytics and digital transformation, but their data foundations could be risking that ambition.
Data is spread across teams, systems and platforms. Sensitive information is difficult to find, ownership is unclear, and security, governance and compliance aren’t always joined up. That leaves important questions unanswered:
Where is our sensitive data?
Who owns it?
Who has access to it?
Can we trust it?
Can we evidence compliance?
Are we ready to use it safely for AI?
The longer data remains scattered, unclassified or poorly governed, the harder it becomes to protect, evidence and use with confidence.
AI can only be as strong as the data beneath it. If data is duplicated, hidden, unclassified, poorly protected or poorly governed, AI can amplify those issues, and it amplifies them at scale. Organisations need more than technology to fix this.
They need a clear data governance strategy, the right security and compliance controls, defined ownership, practical processes, and people who understand their role in managing data responsibly.
Simpson Associates can support this by helping organisations govern, protect and manage data in a more connected way, but the right solution should always be shaped around the organisation’s data estate, ways of working and long-term goals.
Which level sounds most like your organisation today?
Siloed data, manual processes and limited visibility. Teams are fixing issues reactively, and no one has a complete view of data quality, ownership or risk.
Some controls are in place, but governance is inconsistent. Labels, policies or processes may exist, but they are not yet connected across the wider data estate.
Data ownership is clearer. Catalogues, lineage and automated rules are starting to improve visibility, reduce risk and support better decision-making.
Governance, security and compliance are connected. Data is trusted, managed and ready to support confident analytics and responsible AI.
Answer a short set of questions to understand where your organisation sits on the “AI risk” maturity journey. You’ll receive a practical view of your current position and the next steps to help you become more data confident.
You’ll see where you sit today, what that means for AI risk, and what needs to change across people, process and technology.
Prepare your data for AI or machine learning
Improve governance without slowing teams down
Scale data access without compromising security
Evidence compliance and risk more easily
Bring control to migration, modernisation or transformation programmes
Move from scattered data activity to a joined up governance approach
Simpson Associates helps make it work in the real world.
We look beyond the technology and licences to understand the data, people, processes and decisions behind them.
Microsoft Purview and other governance solutions can give organisations a more connected way to govern, protect and manage data. But the real value comes from knowing what data you have, who owns it, how it should be used and what needs to change across people, processes and technology.
Simpson Associates helps you build the right foundation. From data governance assessments and strategy through to Microsoft Purview implementation, security and compliance alignment, and practical next steps that fit your organisation.
Understand where you are today through data confidence assessments and workshops
Build a practical governance strategy and roadmap
Improve visibility with data mapping, lineage and cataloguing
Define ownership, quality expectations and ways of working
Configure and optimise Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric or Databricks around real business needs
Align governance with security, privacy and compliance requirements
Create trusted foundations for AI, analytics and better decision-making
When these three elements work together, data becomes easier to trust, protect, evidence and use confidently for AI and analytics.
Clear ownership, accountability and responsible data use.
Practical standards, ways of working and repeatable governance routines.
Tools such as Microsoft Purview, Fabric and Databricks that help automate, scale and evidence governance.
When these three elements work together, data becomes easier to
trust, protect, evidence and use confidently for AI and analytics.
Trust your data – Know what you have, who owns it and how it should be used.
Protect what matters – Find sensitive data, manage access and apply the right controls to reduce risk and protect what matters.
Evidence control – Reduce manual checks, strengthen audit readiness and make it easier to show how data is managed, protected and controlled.
When these three elements work together, data becomes easier to trust, protect, evidence and use confidently for AI and analytics.
Whether you’re early in the journey or ready to explore a specific challenge, Simpson Associates can help you move forward in a practical way.
Understand your current maturity and key risks
Explore how unified governance, security and compliance support AI readiness
Review your data estate, priorities and practical next steps
If you already know your organisation needs to improve data governance, security or compliance, Simpson Associates can help you explore the right next step.
We can help you understand your current maturity, identify quick wins and shape a practical roadmap. including Microsoft Purview, Databricks and other tools already in your data estate.
Microsoft Purview brings governance, security and compliance into one unified view, helping organisations understand what data they have, where it is, how it’s protected and whether it can be trusted.
No. Microsoft Purview may be part of the solution, but effective governance also depends on clear ownership, practical processes, security and compliance controls, and people who understand their role in managing data responsibly. Simpson Associates helps you shape the right approach across people, process and technology
No. While Microsoft Purview is a strong fit for organisations already using Microsoft technologies, we also look at your wider data estate, including other platforms such as Databricks, existing tools, people, processes and ownership, so you can improve governance, security and compliance in a practical way.
No. Most organisations start with scattered data, unclear ownership or inconsistent processes. The value comes from understanding where you are today, then taking practical steps to improve visibility, control and trust over time. Microsoft Purview can support that journey, but it works best when it’s part of a wider approach that includes people, processes, ownership and the wider data platforms already in place.
AI readiness starts with trusted, well governed data. Before organisations can use AI confidently, they need to understand what data they have, where it sits, who owns it, how it is protected and whether it can be used responsibly. Simpson Associates helps organisations improve data visibility, ownership, quality, security and compliance across their wider data estate. Including Microsoft Purview, Databricks and the people and processes needed to make governance work in practice.
Successful data governance depends on people, process and platform working together. Organisations need clear ownership, practical ways of working and the right tools to improve visibility, control, security and compliance across their data estate.
Successful data governance depends on people, process and platform working together. Organisations need clear ownership, practical ways of working and the right tools to improve visibility, control, security and compliance across their data estate.
Microsoft Fabric supports data governance through OneLake Catalog, helping organisations gain greater visibility and control over their data. OneLake Catalog provides a central view of data assets, ownership and lineage, making it easier to find trusted data, strengthen governance and build confidence in the information that supports reporting, analytics and AI.
OneLake Catalog helps you discover, understand and govern data within Microsoft Fabric, while Microsoft Purview extends governance, security and compliance across your wider data estate. Together, they help organisations improve visibility, strengthen control and build confidence in the data that supports reporting, analytics and AI.
Whether you’re looking to improve governance, strengthen security, evidence compliance or prepare for AI, we’re here to help you take the next step with confidence.
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