We are a nonprofit, worldwide, unbiased industry forum where companies, associations, authorities, and other government agencies work together to create and execute best practices for data.
We extend an invitation to businesses and organizations of all kinds and income levels to become a part of our dynamic community of CDOs, business executives, and data specialists who are using analytics and data to improve results. Opportunities for Vendor Members Businesses that offer cutting-edge technology, professional consulting services, and creative ways to enhance data management are vital members of our community.

In order to raise the field's profile as a strategic and operational priority, the EDM Council advocates for best practices in data management and analytics.
This is accomplished by creating thorough best practice frameworks that offer any company the direction, context, and objective grading needed to evaluate its level of data management maturity and create a sensible, well-thought-out action plan.
The EDM Council team offers a platform for experts from the data management community and our membership to work together to create the best practice standards that have become the industry standard for data management.

DCAM is the industry standard, best practices framework for advanced analytics and data management, created by members of the EDM Council. The range of competencies needed to create, support, and maintain a developed data management discipline is defined by DCAM. A thorough certification and assessment framework for cloud best practices is called CDMC. It comes with 14 Essential Automated Controls and Automations to safeguard private information stored in the cloud. Any firm can utilize this open source framework internally.