Data Classification

The process of assessing the value of information to the business and assigning it to different levels such as (protected, public, top secret) based on the impact to the business should the data be obtained by unauthorized individuals.

Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) Data

DG-02 | Data Governance | Classification

Control Specification +-

Data, and objects containing data, shall be assigned a classification based on data type, jurisdiction of origin, jurisdiction domiciled, context, legal constraints, contractual constraints, value, sensitivity, criticality to the organization and third party obligation for retention and prevention of unauthorized disclosure or misuse.

Architectural Relevance +-

Physical	Network	Compute	App	Data
False	False	True	True	True

Corp Gov Relevance +-

Corp Gov Relevance
True

Cloud Service Delivery Model Applicability +-

SaaS	PaaS	IaaS
True	True	True

Supplier Relationship +-

Service Provider	Tenant / Consumer
True	True

Scope Applicability +-

COBIT 4.1	HIPAA / HITECH Act	ISO/IEC 27001-2005
PO 2.3 DS 11.6		A.7.2.1

NIST SP800-53 R3	FedRAMP (Final 2012) Low Impact	FedRAMP (Final 2012) Moderate Impact	PCI DSS v2.0
RA-2 AC-4	NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-2	NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-2 NIST SP 800-53 R3 AC-4	9.7.1 9.10 12.3

BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0	BITS Shared Assessments SIG v5.0	GAPP (Aug 2009)
D.1.3, D.2.2		1.2.3 1.2.6 4.1.2 8.2.1 8.2.5 8.2.6

Jericho Forum	NERC CIP
Commandment #9	CIP-003-3 - R4 - R5

Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) Data

Data Governance (DG) | ID #DG-02.1

Do you provide a capability to identify virtual machines via policy tags/metadata (ex. Tags can be used to limit guest operating systems from booting/instantiating/transporting data in the wrong country, etc.)?

Compliance Mapping +-

COBIT	HIPAA	ISO27001	SP800_53
COBIT 4.1 PO 2.3, DS 11.6		A.7.2.1	NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-2 NIST SP800-53 R3 AC-4

FedRAMP	PCI_DSS	BITS	GAPP
NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-2 NIST SP800-53 R3 AC-4	PCI DSS v2.0 9.7.1 PCI DSS v2.0 9.10 PCI DSS v2.0 12.3	SIG v6.0: D.1.3, D.2.2	GAPP Ref 1.2.3 GAPP Ref 1.2.6 GAPP Ref 4.1.2 GAPP Ref 8.2.1 GAPP Ref 8.2.5 GAPP Ref 8.2.6

Model Applicability +-

SaaS	PaaS	IaaS
True	True	True

Scope Applicability +-

SP	CUST
True	True