James work as an IT systems personnel in SoftTech Inc. He performs the following tasks: Runs regular backups and routine tests of the validity of the backup data. Performs data restoration from the ba

A Manager oversees personnel and organizational processes but does not personally perform technical data backup and restoration tasks.

An Owner is responsible for classifying data and defining who may access it, but delegates technical custodial duties to others.

The Custodian role is specifically defined as the individual responsible for implementing and maintaining security controls on behalf of the data owner, which includes running backups, verifying their validity, performing restorations, and storing records according to the organization's classification policy. James's described tasks map directly to this operational data stewardship role.

A User merely consumes system resources and data for job tasks and has no data stewardship or backup responsibilities.