Data Stewardship
What is Data Stewardship?
The management and oversight of data assets to ensure they are properly maintained, accurate, and used in compliance with policies.
Frameworks that govern data stewardship
What the standards actually require on data stewardship
Requirements naming data stewardship across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.
Jamaica Data Protection Act 20201 control
Standard 4 per Section 22 + the Schedule of the Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020: Personal data shall be accurate and + where necessary + kept up to date.
JM-DPA2020-Standard4-Accuracy-Sec22-Up-to-Date-Rectification-Erasure-Correction-Right · Jamaica DPA 2020 Standard 4 - Accuracy + Section 22 + Up-to-Date + Rectification Right + Erasure Right + Correction Procedures + Quality Assurance + Sources Verification →Institutions and funders build capacity in data science and data stewardship and attract and retain specialists through sustainable career paths (Principle 9).
uk-concordat-on-open-research-data-ukri::P9.2 · Careers for data specialists →Questions people ask about data stewardship
What is Data Stewardship?
The management and oversight of data assets to ensure they are properly maintained, accurate, and used in compliance with policies.
Why is Data Stewardship important for compliance?
Data Stewardship is a key concept in Governance. Understanding data stewardship 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 Stewardship?
Data Stewardship appears in the requirement text of Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, UK Concordat on Open Research Data (UKRI). Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Stewardship?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data stewardship 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 Stewardship 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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