You can administer a catalog to control who has access to the catalog, the permissions of the catalog collaborators, and catalog settings.

A catalog consists of:

• A metadata repository that acts as an index for data and other assets.
• A list of collaborators who need to access the assets.

You can control the security of assets in a catalog with these methods:

• Collaborator roles control what actions users can perform in the catalog.
• Asset access can restrict an asset to a specific set of collaborators.
• Data protection rules can protect data assets from unauthorized access. Owners of data assets in governed catalogs have access to all data assets in the catalog while other users are subject to data protection rules.

As a catalog administrator, action you can:

• Add and manage collaborators. You can add collaborators to a catalog at any time. You assign roles to control which collaborators can add and use assets and which collaborators can view assets.
• Add assets to the catalog. You might be responsible for adding some assets, along with other collaborators.
• Manage custom properties and relationships for assets. See Custom properties and relationships for governance artifacts and catalog assets.