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CRISC · Question #258

A risk practitioner notices a risk scenario associated with data loss at the organization's cloud provider is assigned to the provider who should the risk scenario be reassigned to.

The correct answer is D. Data owner. Even if data loss occurs at a cloud provider, the ultimate accountability for the data's protection, its classification, and the business impact of its loss always resides with the internal data owner within the organization. The data owner is responsible for determining the…

Submitted by layla.eg· Apr 18, 2026Governance

Question

A risk practitioner notices a risk scenario associated with data loss at the organization's cloud provider is assigned to the provider who should the risk scenario be reassigned to.

Options

  • ASenior management
  • BChief risk officer (CRO)
  • CVendor manager
  • DData owner

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    11% (2)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • D
    79% (15)

Why each option

Even if data loss occurs at a cloud provider, the ultimate accountability for the data's protection, its classification, and the business impact of its loss always resides with the internal data owner within the organization. The data owner is responsible for determining the data's criticality and ensuring appropriate controls are in place, regardless of where it is stored.

ASenior management

Senior management has overall responsibility for risk but delegates specific data ownership; they are not the primary individual for managing a specific data loss risk scenario at an operational level.

BChief risk officer (CRO)

The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) oversees the enterprise-wide risk management framework but is not the specific owner for individual data sets and their associated risks.

CVendor manager

The vendor manager manages the relationship with the cloud provider but does not hold the ultimate accountability for the organization's data itself or its protection requirements.

DData ownerCorrect

The data owner within the organization is ultimately responsible for the classification, protection, and overall lifecycle of specific data assets, regardless of where that data is stored or processed (e.g., on-premises or with a cloud provider). While the cloud provider manages the infrastructure, the organization, through its data owner, retains accountability for the data itself and the business impact of its loss.

Concept tested: Data ownership, shared responsibility model

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/shared-responsibility

Topics

#Risk Ownership#Data Accountability#Third-Party Risk#Roles and Responsibilities

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