Empowering Centralized Data Governance at Comcast with Unity Catalog

Our adoption of Databricks Unity Catalog has been pivotal in addressing the challenge of harmonizing data from diverse sources into a single reliable, secure system. This session will outline our journey toward establishing a robust data governance framework, showcasing the critical role of Unity Catalog in enabling fine-grained access control and ensuring data lineage. The session will demonstrate the integration of Unity Catalog into our existing workspaces, how we've maintained data governance standards without compromising on agility, and how our centralized metadata management approach has improved data sharing and collaboration across teams. We will share the challenges we faced, the solutions we devised, and the lessons learned in the process. This session aims to equip data engineers, scientists, and governance professionals with the knowledge and tools to harness the full potential of Databricks Unity Catalog for comprehensive data governance.