2.2 Information Classification

Question 1

Give some examples of sensitive information? (Personal and Business Related)

Answer 1

Personal – Biometric data and medical information Business – Financial data and trade secrets

Question 2

What do holders of sensitive information need to consider and do?

Answer 2

• How sensitive the information they have is and what could potentially happen if it gets into the wrong hands.
• Impacts: stolen identity, loss of business reputation and customers.
• Protect info by having a firewall on the server or anti virus on the computers.

Question 3

Give some examples of non sensitive information?

Answer 3

• Census records and business addresses

Question 4

What do holders of non sensitive information need to consider and do?

Answer 4

• Person holding the information doesn’t need to worry about someone getting unauthorised access to non sensitive info.

Question 5

Give some examples of personal information?

Answer 5

• Address, Age, Phone number

Question 6

What do holders of personal information need to consider and do?

Answer 6

• Make sure it is not to be generally available.
• So, it should be protected from unauthorised access, to safeguard the privacy or security of the individuals information.

Question 7

Give some examples of business information?

Answer 7

• Annual sales and profit figures

Question 8

What do holders of business information need to consider and do?

Answer 8

• Consider if the information was to get leaked or hacked the information could affect the business in a very negative way.
• Examples: profit loss or reputation loss.
• Protect this by locking the servers that store this information in a secure place.

Question 9

Give some examples of private information?

Answer 9

• Addresses, phone numbers, nationality, gender and marital status

Question 10

What do holders of private information need to consider and do?

Answer 10

• This info needs to stay private as the information is not a concern of any other person but themselves.

Question 11

Give some examples of confidential information?

Answer 11

• Legal investigations

Question 12

What do holders of confidential information need to consider and do?

Answer 12

• This information needs to stay away from the public, as it is of high level security.

Question 13

Give some examples of classified information?

Answer 13

• Information about a criminal case, terrorist threat etc.

Question 14

What do holders of classified information need to consider and do?

Answer 14

• This information needs to stay away from the public.
• This is so the criminals don’t know what the police are trying to do to capture them.
• They can do this by making sure only a select number of people know.

Question 15

What is partially and completely anonymised information?

Answer 15

• Completely anonymised info is when the info is fully made anonymous, so any info linked to person it is related to needs to be taken out.
• Partially anonymised info is when only some of the info is removed or made anonymous.