Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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Data Classification Level

Data classification is a method for categorizing and defining files and other critical business information based on their information sensitivity. It’s mainly used in big corporations to build security systems that follow strict security compliance guidelines but are also effective in small environments.

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