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SCENARIO Please use the following to answer the next QUESTION: Cheryl is the sole owner of Fitness Coach, Inc., a medium-sized company that helps…
Full set: 195 questionsData classification involves categorizing data based on its sensitivity and the level of protection it requires. By classifying customer data, Fitness Coach, Inc. can apply stronger security controls (e.g., stricter access controls, encryption) to more sensitive information, such as health details or payment data. This risk-based approach ensures that the most critical data receives the highest level of protection, thereby increasing the overall security of customers' personal information and mitigating potential harm from a data breach. This is the primary security and privacy purpose of data classification.
A: While it might aid organization, the primary security and privacy benefit, which is the core of the CIPP/US curriculum, is enhanced protection. B: The scenario does not mention any specific federal mandate that requires data classification for a company of this type. It is a best practice, not a universal mandate. D: Data classification is about managing and protecting data that has already been collected; it does not inherently prevent over-collection (data minimization does that).
1. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). (2020). Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations (NIST Special Publication 800-53, Rev. 5). Control Family: Access Control (AC), which details how data classification and labeling are foundational to enforcing access rules.
2. International Association of Privacy Professionals. (2019). U.S. Private-Sector Privacy: Law and Practice for the CIPP/US (3rd ed.). Chapter 10, "Information Security," discusses data classification as a fundamental administrative control for protecting personal information.
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