Data types, classification, states and protection methods

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Classify data by type (regulated, trade secret, intellectual property, legal, financial, human- vs non-human-readable, structured vs unstructured) and label (public, private, sensitive, confidential, restricted, critical, secret/top secret)
Protect each data state: at rest, in transit and in use
Select protection methods: encryption, hashing, masking, tokenization, obfuscation, de-identification, segmentation, permission restrictions and geographic restrictions/geofencing

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Explain data sovereignty and geolocation, data protection roles (owner, custodian, steward, controller, processor/subprocessor) and the data life cycle from creation to disposal (roles and life cycle: SY0-801)

Apply data compliance categories: health, personal, financial, child/minor, intellectual property and legal data

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