The purpose of this standard is to provide the University community with a framework for securing information from risks including, but not limited to, unauthorized use, access, disclosure, ...

Data classification is where strong information security begins. Your data assets are your crown jewels and what cybercriminals are ultimately after. To protect this data and apply appropriate ...

Data classification is one of those squirrely industry topics that defy definition. This should not be, but it seems to mean different things to different people. In some cases, data classification is ...

Most information security practitioners would agree that all data is not created equal -- in other words, some data is more sensitive than others, and should be more rigorously protected. There are ...

Organizations churn out vast amounts of data every day. Those without defined data classification processes risk not knowing where their data resides or if it's properly protected. Let's examine how ...

As organizations evolve, traditional data classification—typically designed for regulatory, finance or customer data—is being stretched to accommodate employee data. While classification processes and ...

According to a new Forrester report on data classification and discovery, “This is a foundational capability to develop to optimize your efforts for security, privacy and compliance. You can’t protect ...

Paper documents – Information collected on paper, such as screening information, is stored in a locked file cabinet that only the research team has access to. Electronic Data – The following sections ...

Information technology and data constitute valuable Connecticut College assets. The purpose of data classification is to identify college data and it’s sensitivity. In order to protect the security, ...

There are two types of companies: those that run on data and those that will run on data. Infosec professionals will perennially be challenged with more to do than time, budget, and staffing will ...

Data classification is an essential pre-requisite to data protection, security and compliance. Firms need to know where their data is and the types of data they hold. Organisations also need to ...

In 1975, Congress established the first intelligence oversight committees. The Watergate break-in had prompted a constitutional crisis, and in the course of investigating Watergate, Congress realized ...