Your corporation has recently undergone a security audit. The audit report pointed out that there is a lack of clear ownership responsibility for data held in one of the company's new cloud storage solutions, leading to potential security vulnerabilities. As a Security Manager, you need to rectify this issue promptly. Who should you primarily assign the responsibility for defining the classification level, sharing permissions, and handling lifecycle management of this stored data to ensure it is protected according to company policies?
The Data Owner is primarily responsible for defining the classification of the data, setting sharing permissions, and overseeing the data throughout its lifecycle. They make decisions about who can access the data and how it will be handled or protected based on organizational policies. Custodians or Stewards handle data as directed by the Data Owner, but the ownership and decision-making responsibility lies with the Data Owner. Processors merely process data on behalf of another party, and Data Controllers determine the purposes and means of processing personal data but do not typically define its classification or lifecycle management details.
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