Tag you are it

Overview By adding the tags auto-propagation feature in Snowflake, it effectively shifted the data governance to the left at the source level and removed the burden and responsibility of identifying downstream columns which are potentially breaking the data governance strategy and exposing sensitive data due to an human error. In Snowflake, best practices for data governance is to use masking policies associated with tags. For sensitive data, masking at column level is the most common and best practice, so tags are applied at column level in Snowflake. ...

August 25, 2025 · 5 min