Classification tier
Definition
A label assigned to an asset or data type indicating its sensitivity and the handling rules that apply. Common tiers are Public, Internal, Confidential, and Restricted (or Highly Confidential). Each tier maps to specific controls: encryption requirements, access restrictions, disposal procedures, and transmission rules.
Related terms
- Asset inventory (asset register)
- A structured record listing every information asset in scope, together with its owner, custodian, physical or logical location, classification level, criticality rating,...
- Asset owner
- The person or role accountable for ensuring an asset is appropriately classified, protected, and reviewed. The owner is typically a business manager...
- Information asset
- Anything that has value to the organisation by virtue of the information it contains or the information function it performs. Includes data,...
- Threat
- A potential cause of an unwanted incident that could harm an asset. Threats may be natural (flood, fire), environmental (power failure), human...
- Vulnerability
- A weakness in an asset or in a control protecting that asset, which a threat could exploit to cause harm. Examples: an...
Explained in
- Risk Identification and Asset ClassificationA label assigned to an asset or data type indicating its sensitivity and the handling rules that apply. Common tiers are Public, Internal, Confidential, and Re...