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CRISC · Question #185

Which of the following, who should be PRIMARILY responsible for performing user entitlement reviews?

The correct answer is D. Data owner. The data owner is primarily responsible for user entitlement reviews because they understand the business context and requirements for accessing their data.

Submitted by layla.eg· Apr 18, 2026Governance

Question

Which of the following, who should be PRIMARILY responsible for performing user entitlement reviews?

Options

  • AIT security manager
  • BIT personnel
  • CData custodian
  • DData owner

How the community answered

(58 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    3% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    93% (54)

Why each option

The data owner is primarily responsible for user entitlement reviews because they understand the business context and requirements for accessing their data.

AIT security manager

The IT security manager is responsible for defining security policies and ensuring controls are in place, but not for the specific business approval of individual user access to data.

BIT personnel

IT personnel are responsible for implementing and managing access controls based on approvals, but they generally lack the business context to determine appropriate user entitlements.

CData custodian

The data custodian (e.g., database administrator) is responsible for the technical safeguarding and maintenance of data, not for making business decisions about who is authorized to access it.

DData ownerCorrect

The data owner has the ultimate accountability for the data and possesses the necessary business context to determine who should legitimately have access, making them primarily responsible for reviewing and approving user entitlements.

Concept tested: Data owner responsibilities; User access review

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/concepts/data-owner

Topics

#User entitlement reviews#Data ownership#Role responsibilities#Access control

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