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Data Steward

What is Data Steward?

An individual responsible for managing data assets within a specific domain, ensuring data quality, defining data standards, and implementing data governance policies. Data stewards bridge the gap between business needs and technical data management.

Governance

What the standards actually require on data steward

Requirements naming data steward across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The organization and roles chapter describes how data management is organized: the organizational types (decentralized, network, centralized, hybrid and federated operating models), the roles of the chief data officer, data governance council and steering comm...

dama-dmbok2-data-management-body-of-knowledge-2nd-edition::CTX-ORG · Data management organization and role expectations →

Data management policy defines and mandates the data owner role and its responsibilities and extends them to data hosted in cloud environments, including new data types the cloud providers generate (such as API and application logs).

edm-council-cdmc-cloud-data-management-capability-framework::1.2.1 · 1.2.1 Data owner role and responsibilities are defined →

Data governance is the arrangement of policies, ownership, roles, processes and technical controls that ensures regulated data is created, processed, reviewed, used, retained and disposed of with its integrity protected through its life cycle across all the sy...

gamp-5-good-automated-manufacturing-practice::6.1.8 · 6.1.8 Data Governance →
GRI Standards1 control

GRI Standards implementation roadmap. ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES: (a) CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER (CSO) / VP SUSTAINABILITY - strategic ownership + Board engagement; (b) SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER / GRI REPORTING MANAGER - operational reporting lead;

GRI-Implementation-Roadmap-Roles-Reporting-Process · GRI Implementation Roadmap, Organizational Roles, Reporting Process and Tooling →

GS1 implementation roadmap + organizational roles. ROLES: (a) MASTER DATA MANAGER + DATA STEWARD - day-to-day GS1 keys allocation + master data quality + GDSN data publication + maintenance;

GS1-Implementation-Roadmap-Roles-Tooling · GS1 Implementation Roadmap, Organizational Roles, Tooling and Data Quality →

Information systems are known and cyber incidents are reported. Foundational: information systems are able to keep information intact, and any significant data breach or cyber incident is notified to Lloyd's and, where appropriate, to the LMA within 72 hours.

lloyd-s-minimum-standards-cyber-security::P12.3.1 · 12.3.1 Information systems and reporting →

Questions people ask about data steward

What is Data Steward?
An individual responsible for managing data assets within a specific domain, ensuring data quality, defining data standards, and implementing data governance policies. Data stewards bridge the gap between business needs and technical data management.
Why is Data Steward important for compliance?
Data Steward is a key concept in Governance. Understanding data steward 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 Steward?
Data Steward appears in the requirement text of DAMA-DMBOK2 - Data Management Body of Knowledge (2nd Edition), EDM Council CDMC - Cloud Data Management Capability Framework, GAMP 5 - Good Automated Manufacturing Practice, GRI Standards, GS1 Global Standards - Supply Chain Traceability and Data Security. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Steward?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data steward 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.

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