Abstract
Big Data management has attracted a lot of attention in the past few years. This is driven by a large and complex data continue to be generated daily in different aspects of our lives. Hence, there is a clear need for regulations and policies to govern how to extract, process, and collect big data. Governing big data is one of the most critical issues that need to be investigated. This paper defines a conceptual framework for big data governance. We outline five basic steps to ease the process of governing big data.