Managing the Data Life Cycle

This section will cover two main areas: data roles and what to do with your data once you have it. As you look more carefully into data roles, such as owners, controllers, custodians, processors, and users, also known as subjects, you will gain an understanding of the primary functions and their significance. Next, you will look at the different stages within the data life cycle—namely, collection, storage, maintenance, retention, remanence, and finally, destruction.

Data Roles

To effectively grasp the concept of the data life cycle, you must first understand data roles because you need to be aware of who is responsible for what aspects of the stages, which will be discussed in this section. Without the accountability provided by data roles, it would be difficult to ensure the protection and proper management of your data. These are the key data roles in a data life cycle:

• Data subject: This is a simple data role that is very intuitive...