Data Custodian
What is Data Custodian?
An individual or team responsible for the technical management and safekeeping of data assets, implementing the data governance policies defined by data owners.
Frameworks that govern data custodian
What the standards actually require on data custodian
Requirements naming data custodian across this standard, quoted from the control text.
The organisation defines the account types allowed and prohibited on the system, assigns account managers and data custodians, sets prerequisites for group and role membership, and records the authorized users, their memberships and the privileges and attribut...
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What is Data Custodian?
An individual or team responsible for the technical management and safekeeping of data assets, implementing the data governance policies defined by data owners.
Why is Data Custodian important for compliance?
Data Custodian is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding data custodian helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Custodian?
Data Custodian appears in the requirement text of Canada ITSP.10.033 Security and Privacy Controls and Assurance Activities Catalogue. Across these standards we have identified 1 control that names it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Custodian?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data custodian applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.
See how Data Custodian applies across compliance frameworks
Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.
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