Data Custodian

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A Data Owner has administrative control and has been officially designated as accountable for a specific information asset dataset. This is usually the senior most officers in a division. Some examples of Data Owners include the Registrar and student data; the Treasurer and financial data; the VP of Human Resources and employee data. In most cases, the Data Custodian is not the Data Owner. A system administrator or Data Custodian is a person who has technical control over an information asset dataset. Usually, this person has the administrator/admin, sysadmin/sysadm, SA, or root account or equivalent level of access. This is a critical role and it must be executed in accordance with the access guidelines developed by the Data Owner. Data …show more content…

Approval of access requests 5. Ensuring that information is updated The information asset custodian is responsible for safeguarding the information, including implementing access control systems to prevent inappropriate disclosure, and making back-ups so that critical information will not be lost. Information asset custodians are individuals in physical or logical possession of information. Custodians are also required to implement, operate, and maintain the security measures defined by information asset owners. The information user is responsible for specific information assets, ensuring the security of the information and adhering to all information security policies, standards and procedures. Internal audit must check for compliance with related information security policies, standards and procedures. Roles and responsibilities: Chief Information Officer (CIO): Has overall responsibility for the Information Security Standards, as set out in Policy 104, section 3. Administrative Head of Unit: Ultimately responsible and accountable for establishing and maintaining UBC Electronic Information and Systems within their areas of responsibility, as set out in Policy 104, section 6., must also create an implementation roadmap for compliance with the

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