QuestionQ262

Information Security Risk Management

An organization is developing an agreement with a cloud provider. Who should establish the third party’s destruction schedule for the organization’s information?

  • A The organization's information security manager
  • B The cloud provider's information security manager
  • C The organization's data owner
  • D The cloud provider's data custodian
Explanation

The organization’s data owner is accountable for defining information-handling requirements, including retention periods and secure destruction schedules. A cloud provider, acting as a third-party custodian, should follow those contractual requirements rather than determine them.

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