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CISSP · Question #1322

Which of the following BEST describes the responsibilities of a data owner?

The correct answer is D. Determining the impact the information has on the mission of the organization. A data owner is a senior-level role responsible for classifying data and determining its business value and mission impact, not for day-to-day technical management tasks.

Submitted by suresh_in· Mar 5, 2026Asset Security

Question

Which of the following BEST describes the responsibilities of a data owner?

Options

  • AEnsuring quality and validation through periodic audits for ongoing data integrity
  • BMaintaining fundamental data availability, including data storage and archiving
  • CEnsuring accessibility to appropriate users, maintaining appropriate levels of data security
  • DDetermining the impact the information has on the mission of the organization

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    9% (4)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    84% (36)

Why each option

A data owner is a senior-level role responsible for classifying data and determining its business value and mission impact, not for day-to-day technical management tasks.

AEnsuring quality and validation through periodic audits for ongoing data integrity

Performing periodic audits for data integrity is the responsibility of a data auditor or data steward, not the data owner, whose role is strategic rather than operational.

BMaintaining fundamental data availability, including data storage and archiving

Maintaining data storage and archiving is a technical function performed by the data custodian, who manages the physical and logical infrastructure that houses the data.

CEnsuring accessibility to appropriate users, maintaining appropriate levels of data security

Managing access controls and enforcing security levels is the responsibility of the data custodian or system administrator, who implements the security policies defined by the data owner rather than setting the overall mission-based classification.

DDetermining the impact the information has on the mission of the organizationCorrect

The data owner is typically a senior business executive or manager who is accountable for determining how critical or sensitive data is to the organization's mission and for making classification decisions based on that impact. This role focuses on strategic business value and risk rather than technical implementation, which distinguishes it from custodial or stewardship roles.

Concept tested: Data owner role and responsibilities in data governance

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/govern/resource-consistency/data-classification

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#Data owner responsibilities#Data governance#Business impact

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