Compliance
Data Classes
Five-tier data classification from Open to Secret.
Definition
The PCFP defines five data classes—Open, Public, Restricted, Sensitive/Confidential and Secret—that assign sensitivity levels to datasets and determine the required security baselines, deployment models, contractual protections and procurement treatment for those datasets.
Related Terms
Classification Levels
Mandated sensitivity tiers for government data....
protected public data
Public-sector information restricted from open publication....
Data classification
Tiered categories indicating data sensitivity....
important data
Data whose tampering, leakage or loss may harm national security or public interests....
selected categories of public sector data
Public datasets reusable under controlled conditions....