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title: "Data Governance for Public Sector | Dawiso"
description: "Data governance for government agencies and state institutions. GDPR compliance, ISVS catalog, open data support, and on-premise deployment options."
url: "https://www.dawiso.com/industry/public-sector"
language: "en"
---

Public sector

# Know what data you have. Make it work across departments.

One catalog of your information systems, owners and data flows, on-premises or SaaS. Tell us what is on your desk and we will show you the part that matters.

[Book a demo](https://www.dawiso.com/book-a-dawiso-demo)

[Take the demo tour](https://demo.dawiso.com/dashboard/demo_welcome)

What is on your desk this year?

What the authority expects

## Every information system with a named owner

NIS2 now reaches public administration. It starts with knowing which systems you run, what data they hold and who is accountable for each one.

What breaks today

- System inventories kept in spreadsheets
- Owners known only to the people who left
- No record of who changed what, and when

With Dawiso

- One catalog of systems, databases and reports, with named owners and stewards
- Change history on every object, with approvals on record

[Full history of every change, with compare versions and revert](https://www.dawiso.com/product/data-catalog)

[See it on your systems](https://www.dawiso.com/book-a-dawiso-demo)

Trusted by state-owned critical infrastructure

[Read the ČEZ Group case study](https://www.dawiso.com/case-study/cez)
[See our customer case studies](https://www.dawiso.com/case-studies)

How it works

## From source register to published report, in one place.

Metadata scan · 4 sources

- Oracle · case management*scanned*
- SQL Server · population register*scanned*
- Power BI · department reports*scanning*
- PostgreSQL · open data staging*queued*

Tables, columns, reports and SQL are picked up automatically, with no manual inventory.

Regulation coverage

## What each regulation asks for, and how you show it.

| Regulation | What it asks | Your evidence in Dawiso |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GDPR | Know where personal data lives, how it flows and who can reach it | Personal data classified in the catalog and followed through [lineage](https://www.dawiso.com/product/interactive-data-lineage) |
| NIS2 | Cybersecurity risk management that now includes public administration | An inventory of systems and data with named owners, approval workflows and change history |
| Open Data | Publish selected datasets under the EU Open Data Directive (2019/1024) | A catalog to identify candidate datasets, a [glossary](https://www.dawiso.com/product/business-glossary) to define them and a workflow to approve them |
| eIDAS 2.0 | Data interoperability between member states | Shared definitions in one glossary, linked to the systems that hold the data |

State-owned critical infrastructure

## Regulated documentation for nuclear power plants.

ČEZ Group · energy, majority state-owned

### How ČEZ moved its nuclear plant documentation onto one secure platform

A major European energy group, majority state-owned, hosting Dawiso on its own infrastructure with versioning, approvals and access by user permission.

**4.5 GB+**

of data scanned

**100,000s**

of pages

> “What’s most impactful for us is how Dawiso has effectively consolidated the agendas of multiple departments into one streamlined production workspace. It unified our documentation processes, eliminating redundancy and enhancing efficiency.”
>
> ČEZ Group

[Read the ČEZ story](https://www.dawiso.com/case-study/cez)

[Multi-approverworkflows, with every approval kept on record](https://www.dawiso.com/product/business-glossary)
[Column-levellineage parsed from the SQL you already run](https://www.dawiso.com/product/interactive-data-lineage)

Go-live

## From zero to a working catalog in weeks.

1. Step 1Connect and scanScanners read your registers, databases and BI, in the cloud or on-premises.
2. Step 2Lineage and glossaryLineage from your SQL, shared terms defined across departments.
3. Step 3Owners and workflowsOwners and stewards assigned, approvals on, change history recording.
4. Step 4First answer on recordOne question, such as where citizen data lives, answered end to end.

## Questions public institutions ask us

**Is Dawiso deployed in the public sector?**

Dawiso runs at public institutions and state enterprises across Europe, with 6+ years of continuous collaboration. Built for organizations with strict governance, security, and compliance requirements typical of the public sector. On-premise, SaaS, and hybrid deployment options available.

**Can Dawiso be deployed fully on-premise?**

Yes, and for institutions handling citizen data, on-premise is the recommended model. Your data and metadata stay inside your infrastructure perimeter. Hybrid and SaaS deployments are also available. Enterprise authentication via Azure AD and LDAP included.

**How does Dawiso help with GDPR compliance?**

You use automated [data lineage](https://www.dawiso.com/product/interactive-data-lineage) to map where personal data resides and how it flows across systems. The [business glossary](https://www.dawiso.com/product/business-glossary) defines categories of personal data. When your DPO or a data protection authority asks "where is citizen personal data?", you answer in minutes with a visual map, not a manual spreadsheet.

**Can Dawiso help with open data publication?**

You use Dawiso as the internal catalog where you identify, classify, and approve datasets for publication. The governance workflow ensures only reviewed data reaches the public. Integration with national open data catalogs depends on your infrastructure. Contact us to discuss options.

**What systems does Dawiso connect to?**

40+ connectors out of the box: databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL), data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse), BI tools (Power BI, Tableau), and ETL frameworks. The REST API and [MCP server](https://www.dawiso.com/product/mcp) enable custom integrations with any information system in your landscape.

## Bring one information system. We will map it with you.

A 30-minute session built around your systems, your compliance requirements and your governance goals.

[Book a demo](https://www.dawiso.com/book-a-dawiso-demo)

[Take the demo tour](https://demo.dawiso.com/dashboard/demo_welcome)

- Live walkthrough on your use case
- Deployment options, including on-premises
- Per-user pricing for your institution
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO/IEC 27018