The MOST appropriate owner of customer data stored in a central database, used only by an
organization’s sales department, would be the:

A.
sales department.

B.
database administrator.

C.
chief information officer (CIO).

D.
head of the sales department.

Explanation:

The owner of the information asset should be the person with the decision-making power in the
department deriving the most benefit from the asset. In this case, it would be the head of the sales
department. The organizational unit cannot be the owner of the asset because that removes
personal responsibility. The database administrator is a custodian. The chief information officer
(CIO) would not be an owner of this database because the CTO is less likely to be knowledgeable
about the specific needs of sales operations and security concerns.