Your data governance framework, built to last

Trusted data starts here — before the migration, before the AI project, before the audit. We design and implement governance structures that make your data reliable, compliant, and business-ready.

Industry relevance

Banking
Critical
(Regulation)
Telco
Critical
(GDPR, NIS2)
Retail
High
IT/Tech
Medium

The IDS approach to data governance

  • Framework-first. We design governance structures before any technology is selected — so the tools serve the framework, not the other way around.
  • Regulation-aware. Every framework we build is mapped to the regulatory requirements that apply to your sector — banking, telco, insurance.
  • Industry-tested. 14+ years delivering data governance in environments where data quality isn’t optional — it’s regulated.
  • Business-embedded. We work with data owners, not just IT — because governance only works when the business takes ownership of it.

 

What a governance engagement covers

  • As-is assessment of your data landscape
  • Data ownership and stewardship model
  • Data quality KPIs and monitoring thresholds
  • Metadata standards and business glossary
  • Regulatory gap analysis and remediation plan
  • 12-month governance roadmap

Your data governance framework, built to last

Master Data Management (MDM)

Standardised master data domains, ownership models and access frameworks across the enterprise.

Data Quality Management (DQM)

Quality indicators, monitoring thresholds, and remediation workflows for high-impact business data.

Metadata Management

Defining, capturing, and maintaining information about your data — so it stays useful over time.

Data Modelling

Business, logical and physical models; naming conventions, historisation typologies, surrogation methodology.

Enterprise IT Process Design

AS-IS / TO-BE process mapping, SLAs, roles, data provisioning and change management documentation.

Regulatory Reporting Support

Data structures and governance frameworks for IFRS, Basel, Solvency II and national regulatory requirements.

Why data governance fails — and what it costs

Data quality issues surface mid-migration
Teams discover critical inconsistencies only after the project has started — causing delays, rework, and budget overruns.
Regulatory audits find gaps your team didn't know existed
DORA, GDPR and Basel requirements demand documented governance. Without frameworks in place, audits become crises.
AI projects stall because no one trusts the data
Models trained on ungoverned data produce unreliable outputs.
Governance is the foundation every AI initiative needs first.

Technologies we use

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Regulatory frameworks we work with

Our governance frameworks are designed to satisfy the requirements of the regulations that matter most to banking, insurance, and telco.

DORA GDPR  Basel IV  Solvency II NIS2 IFRS 9 AML / KYC

Where this domain matters most

Banking & Finance
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Primary trigger: DORA & Basel IV compliance
  • Pre-migration data governance assessments
  • Credit risk and AML data quality frameworks
  • Regulatory reporting structure and audit readiness
  • Data governance for AI model validation
Telco
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Primary trigger: GDPR & NIS2 compliance
  • Subscriber data quality and master data management
  • NIS2 data security and governance readiness
  • Network data lineage and metadata standards
  • Governance foundation for churn and NBO models
Retail
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  • Customer data standardisation for personalisation
  • Supplier & product master data management
Insurance
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  • Solvency II reporting data quality frameworks
  • Policy and claims master data governance

Case studies

From Chaos to Control: How a Leading European Bank Secured Data Quality at Scale

Client: Major Central European Bank
IDS Consulting was brought in to build what the bank’s critical streams lacked: a complete QA foundation from scratch — not to improve an existing process, but to create one entirely.

Governance Foundations Before a Core Migration

Client: A Tier-1 CEE retail & corporate bank
IDS was introduced through the bank’s existing Data Platform & Engineering vendor shortlist, specifically for governance-first migration experience in regulated environments.

Metadata & MDM Ahead of a Compliance Audit

Client: A national telecom operator
IDS deployed IBM IGC for the enterprise metadata catalog and Informatica MDM for the subscriber golden record, backed by a standardized data modelling approach so new systems would inherit governance rules automatically rather than requiring rework each time.

FROM LEGACY TO MODERN: How a Leading European Bank Modernized Its Data Platform with Databricks

Client: One of Europe’s established financial institutions
IDS Consulting embedded a dedicated team of senior data engineers directly into the bank’s department, working alongside internal teams as a seamless extension of their workforce.

Start with a governance assessment

We'll map your current state, identify the regulatory gaps, and tell you exactly what needs to happen before your next data initiative — whether that's a migration, an AI project, or an audit.
  • 30-min discovery call — no commitment
  • We scope the assessment and confirm the approach
  • Assessment delivered with findings and roadmap

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