Processes and Governance

Data security classification

Manage and protect sensitive information across the enterprise.

Unified, enterprise-wide security standard and controls.
Account for nearly all content types and repositories.
Minimum set of technology-agnostic data security controls.
Simple, easy to understand category labels.
Practical and enforceable classification frameworks.
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A data security classification policy allows you to manage and protect sensitive information across the enterprise. 

We design or update a comprehensive Data Security Classification Standard that clearly defines information sensitivity levels and establishes specific protection, handling, access, transmission, storage, and disposition requirements for each level.

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Data Security Classification

Manage and protect sensitive information across the enterprise.

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If you’ve been asking yourself…

“What types of sensitive information do we access, transmit, store and manage, including personal, corporate confidential, trade secrets, and financial?”

“How do we assess different levels of risk and consider the potential impacts of a security breach or a control failure?”

“How do we decide what types of controls should be applied to each type of content, repository, and data management activity?”

“How should we designate particular components or controls as required (mandatory) or recommended, based on type of information, access requirements, level of risk, and potential impact of a security breach or control failure?”

“How do we ensure security controls are appropriate for the level of risk and potential impacts, and are reasonable in terms of the organization’s size and resources?”

“How do we create an ongoing process for identifying, classifying, improving, and implementing data security over time?”

…you’ve come to the right place.

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Creating a Modern, Compliant, and Easier-to-Execute Records Retention Schedule for Privacy and AI
A well-designed schedule not only ensures regulatory compliance but also fosters collaboration with business units, reduces conflicts, and supports automation of classification and disposition processes. 
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Information Governance 101
Gain an overview of the essential building blocks of an effective program including records and data retention, privacy and data minimization, and the role of technology, processes, and training in making governance sustainable. 
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Using M365 to Create a Personal Data Inventory
Rather than investing in expensive and complex tools, organizations can take a more practical, scalable, and compliant approach by leveraging Microsoft 365 to manage personal data inventories more effectively.
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What We Do

Our data security classification services

Up to 10% of an organization’s data houses sensitive information, encompassing personal, financial, and business data. Our services cover legal requirements, privacy, and corporate confidentiality, streamlining policies for comprehensive implementation and automation.

Data Security Classification

Data Security Classification

We design or update a standard that helps you manage and protect sensitive information across the enterprise.

We design or update a comprehensive Data Security Classification Standard that clearly defines information sensitivity levels and establishes specific protection, handling, access, transmission, storage, and disposition requirements for each level.

The data security classification policy:  

  • Provides a unified, enterprise-wide security standard and controls that are needed to meet industry-specific privacy rules or to comply with laws and regulations in specific geographic locations.  
  • Applies to nearly all content types and repositories and includes global privacy, industry-specific, and internal confidentiality, trade secrets and intellectual property requirements. 
  • Specifies the minimum set of technology-agnostic data security controls that employees and automated processes must apply to the data in each security classification during information management activities over the data lifecycle.  
  • Defines a few simple, easy-to-understand category labels, with multiple examples for each category, to clarify the meaning of the category and to help employees apply the classification to a variety of content types. 
  • Provides a practical, enforceable classification framework and serves as a key component of the overall information governance initiative.

    Connect with a member of the Contoural team to learn more about our information governance consulting services.

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    As an independent provider, Contoural does not sell or resell any products, take product referral fees, or provide discovery services such as matter-specific document identification, document collection, or document review. Our advice is based solely on the needs of our clients and is not driven by the sale of products.