Data Types and Classifications 3.3

Question 1

Regulated

Answer 1

• A third party sets the rules with how the data should be protected.
• Abides by government laws and statues which determine how data can be stored and for how long.

Question 2

Trade Secret

Answer 2

• An organization;s secret formula which are unique to the organization.

Question 3

Intellectual Property

Answer 3

• Publicly visible data, however is protected by either through a copyright or trademark law.

Question 4

Legal Information

Answer 4

• Some information is made public while other information is protected or made private.
• Stored in different systems.

Question 5

Examples of Public Legal Information

Answer 5

• Court records and documents, or judge and attorney information.

Question 6

Examples of Protected Legal Information

Answer 6

• PII and other sensitive details.

Question 7

Financial Information

Answer 7

• A company’s internal financial details.
• A user’s financial records and financial transactions.

Question 8

Human Readable

Answer 8

• Humans can understand the data
• Very clear and obvious

Question 9

Non-Human Readable

Answer 9

• Humans cannot easily understand

Question 10

Examples of Non-Human Readable

Answer 10

• Encoded data
• Barcodes
• Images

Question 11

Formats of Hybrid Data

Answer 11

• CSV, XML, JSON, etc

Question 12

Security and Handling of Sensitive Data

Answer 12

• Additional permissions
• A different process to view
• Restrict network access

Question 12

Classifying Sensitive Data

Answer 12

• Not all data has the same level of categorization

Question 13

Proprietary Data

Answer 13

• Data that is the property of an organization
• May also include trade secrets
• Often data unique to an organization

Question 14

Personal Identifiable Information (PII) Data

Answer 14

• Data that can be used to identify an individual
• Can include the person’s name, data of birth, biometric information, etc.

Question 15

Protected Health Information (PHI) Data

Answer 15

• Health information associated with an individual
• Includes healthcare records, health status, payments for health care, etc.

Question 16

Sensitive Data

Answer 16

• Intellectual property, PII, PHI

Question 17

Confidential Data

Answer 17

• Very sensitive
• Requires additional access and must be approved

Question 18

Public / Unclassified Data

Answer 18

• No restrictions on viewing data
• Commonly seen within the government

Question 19

Private / Classified / Restricted

Answer 19

• Restricted access, may require an NDA