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Aligning Business Semantics with Data Design in Data Vault Environments

Architecture & Data Systems

Daniel Linstedt

This article explores a workshop focused on aligning business semantics with technical data design in Data Vault environments. It highlights the persistent gap where technical correctness does not ensure business understanding or trust. The workshop uses practical exercises to reconcile business concepts with analytical requirements, producing business-centric conceptual models. The discussion exposes the capability gap…
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Zero Trust Reality Check: Questions to Assess Data and AI Defensibility

Strategy & Operating Models

Daniel Linstedt

This article helps executives evaluate the credibility of Zero Trust claims in data and AI environments. It highlights how confidence often exceeds the available proof, exposing gaps in enforcement and accountability. The diagnostic questions focus on contemporaneous evidence, ownership clarity, and semantic consistency. These issues reflect predictable outcomes of scaling complex controls without explicit governance.…
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Modernization That Appears Successful Until Scrutiny

Governance, Risk & Accountability

Daniel Linstedt

Modernization efforts often appear successful based on delivery metrics but conceal growing liabilities due to lack of auditable evidence and clear accountability. Scaling and AI amplify these risks by increasing the impact of semantic drift and data integrity issues. Defensibility under audit requires explicit proof obligations and ownership, which are frequently deferred, creating governance gaps.…
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Architecture & Data Systems

Aligning Business Semantics with Data Design in Data Vault Environments
ByDaniel Linstedt 2026-02-112026-01-29

This article explores a workshop focused on aligning business semantics with technical data design in Data Vault environments. It highlights the persistent gap where technical correctness does not ensure business understanding or trust. The workshop uses practical exercises to reconcile business concepts with analytical requirements, producing business-centric conceptual models. The discussion exposes the capability gap that arises when semantic alignment is assumed rather than deliberately constructed. It emphasizes the operational and governance challenges inherent in sustaining this alignment over time.

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Strategy & Operating Models

Zero Trust Reality Check: Questions to Assess Data and AI Defensibility
ByDaniel Linstedt 2026-01-142026-01-23

This article helps executives evaluate the credibility of Zero Trust claims in data and AI environments. It highlights how confidence often exceeds the available proof, exposing gaps in enforcement and accountability. The diagnostic questions focus on contemporaneous evidence, ownership clarity, and semantic consistency. These issues reflect predictable outcomes of scaling complex controls without explicit governance. Recognizing these gaps sharpens executive judgment during live evaluations.

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Governance, Risk & Accountability

Modernization That Appears Successful Until Scrutiny
ByDaniel Linstedt 2025-12-192026-01-23

Modernization efforts often appear successful based on delivery metrics but conceal growing liabilities due to lack of auditable evidence and clear accountability. Scaling and AI amplify these risks by increasing the impact of semantic drift and data integrity issues. Defensibility under audit requires explicit proof obligations and ownership, which are frequently deferred, creating governance gaps. This ambiguity shifts accountability upward, exposing executives to retrospective scrutiny. The absence of a system of record transforms perceived success into a liability when explanations are demanded.

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