Data governance must lead to economic value

The Director General of Information Technology Development, Security and Smart Transformation at the Ministry of Petroleum stressed the need to link data governance with the economy, saying that if data governance does not turn into economic value, digital transformation will not lead to economic outcomes and AI-based activities will produce no economic return, and these programs must be reviewed for effectiveness.

The Director General of Information Technology Development, Security and Intelligence of the Ministry of Oil, emphasizing the necessity of the link between data governance and economy, said: If data governance does not turn into economic value, digital transformation does not lead to the economy, and artificial intelligence-based activities do not have an economic output, the effectiveness of these programs should be reviewed.