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Information classification

Information classification

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Information classification

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- [Instructor] Organizations use information classification to help users understand the security requirements around handling different types of data. Information classification serves as the backbone of data government's efforts designed to help organizations provide appropriate protections for sensitive data. Data classification policies describe the security levels of information used in an organization and the process for assigning information to a particular classification level. The different security categories or classifications used by an organization determine the appropriate storage, handling, and access requirements for that data. Security classification should be assigned based on both the sensitivity of information and the criticality of that information to the organization. Classification schemes vary, but all basically try to group information into high, medium, and low sensitivity levels and differentiate between public and private information. For example, the US…

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