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Computer Security Handbook, Fifth Edition
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Computer Security Handbook, Fifth Edition

by SEYMOUR BOSWORTH, ERIC WHYNE, M.E. KABAY
February 2009
Intermediate to advanced
2048 pages
80h 12m
English
Wiley
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CHAPTER 67

DEVELOPING CLASSIFICATION POLICIES FOR DATA

Karthik Raman and Kevin Beets

67.1 INTRODUCTION

67.2 WHY DATA CLASSIFICATION IS PERFORMED

67.3 DATA CLASSIFICATION'S ROLE IN INFORMATION SECURITY

67.4 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, COMPLIANCE STANDARDS, AND DATA CLASSIFICATION

67.4.1 Legal Requirements

67.4.2 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

67.4.3 Compliance Standards

67.4.4 Other Standards

67.5 DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING DC

67.5.1 Data Classification Solutions

67.5.2 Examples of Data Classification Schemas

67.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS

67.7 NOTES

67.1 INTRODUCTION.

A figure appears from the bushes on a dark and stormy night and silently slips past two guards. Inside the building, a flashlight flickers to life and begins a slow dance around a cluttered office. The beam freezes. It illuminates an envelope that is stamped with large red letters: “TOP SECRET.”

The top secret label is likely the most popularly recognized part of an example of a data classification (DC) scheme. DC labels information so that its custodians and users can comply with established data protection policies when organizing, viewing, editing, valuing, protecting, and storing data.

Historically, DC has been used by the government and military. Today, however, it has increasingly become a necessity for businesses because of the competitive value of information, because of the legal requirements for maintenance of sound financial and operational records, and because of the demands of privacy-protection laws.

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