Following on from my last post on Information Classification - I think that this concept would be better shown by using examples. I guess that the irony of the last Blog is that I was trying to say "Using pretty pictures is better than using text" but I tried to do that in a Blog post which lacked pictures totally. Still, I did get some good feedback on the post even though my coments don't work.
I have done a little bit more research and tried to find some pictures to show what I am aiming toward.
These pictures are all from an icon pack I found here but I'm not sure what pack I would use when it is finished or even if I should make my own. These are just for demonstration purposes. Please don't steal these graphics (they are free so just follow the link).
*deep breath* Here goes:
If a document contains anything to do with someone's medical condition or some such - it gets labled "Medical" and has the following graphic printed on it:
If a document is confidential - it gets labeled "Confidential" and has the following graphic:
Then what you can do with the document is listed - so you can copy it to CD, email it, move it on the network and take it home:
If you are not allowed to do any of these things then a little circle with a cross through it will be added to the image.
This document is classified as "Medical-Confidential". You may do the following: burn to cd, transmit internally, email outside of the network, take the document home.Then under that, you have the images to re-enforce. The important thing is that the images must be a standard set so that users across companies, regions, businesses, etc all can look at them and at a glance know what is expected from them regarding the document.
For bonus marks it would be nice to have a tool that can automate this process.
