business function supported by the Information Resource or the individual upon whom responsibility rests for administering the program using the Information Resources. In addition to following this and other University policies relating to data, the data owner is responsible for training users on the proper handling of data and for the capture, management, and dissemination of data.

Data Ownership: KSU has ownership of all institutional data; data owners, individual units, and/or departments may act as stewards, and may supervise the ways in which certain types of information are used and protected

Data User or User: An individual who is authorized by the Data Owner to access University data as part of their responsibilities or for completion of their role in the University.

Information Resources: Any data and information used by KSU. This includes, but is not limited to procedures, equipment, facilities, software, and data that are designed, built, operated, and maintained to create, collect, record, process, store, retrieve, display, share, and transmit information. This may include, but is not limited to, any and all computer printouts, online display devices, mass storage media, and all computer-related activities involving any device capable of receiving email, browsing web sites, or otherwise capable of receiving, storing, managing, or transmitting data including, but not limited to, servers, personal computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, mobile devices, pagers, distributed processing systems, telecommunication resources, network environments, telephones, fax machines, printers, and hosted services.

Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration Chief Information Technology Officer