When capturing records to the University’s recordkeeping system RAMS, the information being captured can be mapped to one of the UNSW Data classification levels: Unclassified, Private, Sensitive and Highly Sensitive; to define its sensitivity and to enable controls appropriate to the level of sensitivity to be put in place.
These controls are applied in RAMS through the use of Access Control, an opt-in method of specifying access rights to electronic records captured within the system. Access Control is based on organisational units or pre-defined Access Groups, and provides the primary means by which to control access to University records in RAMS.
This process of data classification should be an inherent part of the capture of records, whenever creating a new records container, or when records of a higher sensitivity are to be captured to a container, or evidence of a new business activity is required to be captured.
Record Classification
This table maps the University’s Data classifications against the required controls in RAMS, whether transmission of this information by email is appropriate and how frequently the security controls of this information should be reviewed. More information on these Data Classifications is available here