Domain 2 · Objective reference 2.2 · Chapter 14 of 62
Set asset-handling requirements
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Remember this: Handling rules travel with the data.
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Restrict authorized access and processing.
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Protect sharing recipients and paths.
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What this chapter explains
- Concepts and mechanisms
- Design, evidence and tradeoffs
Concepts and mechanisms
Handling requirements translate classification into approved collection, access, storage, transmission, reproduction, sharing, retention and disposal. Distinguish the required outcome from a particular tool. Encryption can protect a data state but does not make an unauthorized recipient appropriate. A masked view does not remove the unmasked source or every re-identification risk.
Design, evidence and tradeoffs
Include users, custodians, suppliers and automated processing. Define what data may enter test, support or AI services, and how exceptions are approved. Verify procedures against actual copies and flows instead of only a policy document. Requirements must fit applicable obligations and legal holds. Tailor controls to the sensitivity and use, recording why deviations are acceptable under the relevant authority.
Worked example
A support workflow uses synthetic records because a copied production dataset is unnecessary for reproducing the defect.
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Why should handling rules cover a troubleshooting archive?
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It is another copy with its own access, retention and disclosure paths, even if it is outside the primary application.
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