CAS-004 Governance, Risk, and Compliance Practice Question
A security architect is designing a data classification scheme aligned with a new privacy regulation. Which THREE of the following are common data classification levels used in enterprise environments? (Select THREE.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Public
Common classification levels include public (no impact), internal (moderate impact), confidential (high impact), and restricted (very high impact). Secret is typically a government classification, not enterprise. Critical is not a standard classification level.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Public
Why this is correct
Public denotes information approved for unrestricted disclosure, carrying no confidentiality requirement. It satisfies the stem's requirement for a common classification level, forming the lowest tier of enterprise schemes and letting architects label marketing material, published policies and open datasets without unnecessary controls.
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Internal
Why this is correct
Internal covers information restricted to the organisation's workforce, not approved for external release. It satisfies the stem's requirement for a common classification level, occupying the tier above Public and below Confidential, and is widely used to label operational documents, procedures and internal communications.
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Critical
Why it's wrong here
Critical describes impact or business priority, not a data classification level; enterprise schemes label data by sensitivity, such as Public, Internal, Confidential and Restricted. It is tempting because criticality feels like severity, but the stem asks for classification levels aligned to a privacy regulation, which use sensitivity labels.
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Secret
Why it's wrong here
Secret is a government or military classification tier, not a standard enterprise privacy level; commercial schemes typically use Public, Internal, Confidential and Restricted. It is tempting because Secret appears in many classification frameworks, but aligning to a privacy regulation calls for the enterprise tiers the stem describes.
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Confidential
Why this is correct
Confidential is a standard enterprise classification tier, applied to data whose unauthorised disclosure causes significant harm and which therefore requires strict access controls. It satisfies the stem's requirement for a common classification level, sitting between Internal and the most restricted tier in typical privacy-aligned schemes.
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