Within many IC elements, someone whose responsibilities are assigned to specific personnel across a multi-level Data Stewardship hierarchy. Whether represented by a single IC element employee or by responsibilities distributed through an organizational hierarchy, Data Stewards are legally accountable across the data lifecycle on behalf of the Originating Element for: a) Establishing protection, sharing, and governance guidelines for data and datasets within an assigned subject area; b) Maintaining data names, business definitions, data integrity rules, and domain values within an assigned subject area; c) Compliance with legal and policy requirements and conformance to internal and IC data policies and data standards; d) Ensuring application of appropriate security controls; e) Analyzing and improving data quality; and f ) Identifying and resolving data related issues.