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Information lifecycle

Information lifecycle

- [Instructor] Alright, let's talk about the Information Lifecycle. So, an Information Lifecycle is how information is born, it's used, and then it dies in some way. What we have here on the screen is a fairly typical diagram that outlines what an Information Lifecycle looks like. We have an Acquisition phase, where stuff is created or ingested. We have a Classification and Marking phase, then we either use it or archive it at some point, and then eventually it'll die of old age or because we need to get rid of it in some way. So let's just take a look at those phases. Not much happens in the Acquisition phase, that's where you either ingest it from somewhere else, perhaps an external source, or you create it internally, it's generated from somewhere inside. Then, we classify the data. Now this is important, particularly if you're dealing with sensitive information, you have to try and protect that information's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. We call that the CIA triad.…

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