A financial services company is migrating a large dataset containing sensitive customer PII to a new cloud platform. A debate has emerged within the project team regarding the specific encryption standards and access control policies that must be applied to the data in its new environment. According to established information security governance principles, which role holds the ultimate authority and accountability for making these decisions on data handling requirements?
The correct answer is the data owner. The data owner is the role with the ultimate authority and accountability for data. This includes classifying the data and making decisions about protection, handling requirements, and access controls. While a data custodian implements technical controls and a data processor acts on the data, the data owner is the one who defines the policies and is answerable for the data's protection throughout its lifecycle. The data subject is the individual to whom the data pertains and does not have data management responsibilities.
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