Data Roles and Responsibilities - CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 - 5.1

Data Responsibilities in Organizations

Overview of Data Roles

• The video discusses various roles within an organization responsible for managing data, starting with the concept of a data owner.

• A data owner is typically a high-level individual, such as a vice president or treasurer, who oversees specific types of data (e.g., customer relationship or financial information).

• Two other critical roles are introduced: the data controller and the data processor. The former manages how data is used, while the latter processes that data.

Examples of Data Management Roles

• An example illustrates these roles: the payroll department acts as the data controller by providing instructions to a payroll company, which serves as the data processor.

• The payroll company accesses user information and bank details to execute payroll processing based on instructions from the payroll department.

Data Custodian and Compliance

• Additionally, there is often a role known as a data custodian or steward responsible for ensuring the security and accuracy of specific types of data.