Former NIST Leader Discusses Data Governance As Master Key to a Trio of Frameworks

AI’s rise has tested companies’ governance structures and efforts to manage risks – leaving them hungry for guides to cut through the challenges. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began developing its Data Governance and Management Profile (DGM Profile) in mid‑2024 to help organizations use its privacy, cybersecurity and AI frameworks in harmony. Naomi Lefkovitz led development of NIST’s Privacy Framework and helped initiate the DGM Profile. She left the agency in October 2024, after 12 years, and started Strategai Consulting. The Cybersecurity Law Report spoke to Lefkovitz about the central role of data in NIST’s three frameworks, the inspiration for the DGM Profile and how companies might overcome tensions to successfully establish unified governance of data and digital operations for the era of widespread AI use. See “AI Governance: Striking the Balance Between Innovation, Ethics and Accountability” (Feb. 12, 2025).

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