Data quality firewall

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A data quality firewall is the use of software to protect a computer system from the entry of erroneous, duplicated or poor quality data. Gartner estimated in 2017 that poor quality data cost organizations an average of $15 million a year.^[1] Older technology required the tight integration of data quality software, whereas this can now be accomplished by loosely coupling technology in a service-oriented architecture.