DataWorks allows you to specify the category and sensitivity level of sensitive data based on the data value, content sensitivity, impacts, and distribution scope. The data management principles and data development requirements vary based on the data sensitivity level. This topic describes how to specify the category and sensitivity level of data.
Go to the Data classification and level page
Go to the Data Security Guard page. For more information, see Go to the Data Security Guard page.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
Specify the category and sensitivity level of data
Data Security Guard provides a built-in template that contains four data sensitivity levels and four data categories that are ready for use.
Data sensitivity levels: used to define the sensitivity level of data. A larger value specifies a higher data sensitivity level.
Data categories: used to provide various sensitive field types with specific sensitivity levels. The sensitive field types are used to determine whether your data is sensitive and the sensitivity level of your data.
If the data categories and data sensitivity levels in the template cannot meet your business requirements, you can configure custom data categories and data sensitivity levels based on your business requirements. DataWorks allows you to modify the data categories and data sensitivity levels in the built-in template or configure custom data categories and data sensitivity levels based on your business requirements. You can configure up to 10 data sensitivity levels. You can add categories or add subcategories to an existing category. You can also specify the sensitive field types that you want to include in a category based on your business requirements.
If you want to delete an unnecessary data category or data sensitivity level, you must delete all sensitive field types that are associated with the data category or data sensitivity level first. For information about how to delete a sensitive field type, see Manage sensitive field types.
What to do next
After the configuration of data categories or data sensitivity levels is complete, you can go to the Sensitive data identification page to configure sensitive field types and sensitive data identification rules. Sensitive field types are categorized into the related data categories and data sensitivity levels based on conditions such as the purpose and source of data. You can use sensitive field types to identify sensitive data that has different categories and sensitivity levels. For more information, see Identify sensitive data.