ID.AM-3: Organizational communication and data flows are mapped.

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Information that the organization stores and uses shall be identified.
Guidance
- Start by listing all the types of information your business stores or uses. Define “information type” in any useful way that makes sense to your business. You may want to have your employees make a list of all the information they use in their regular activities. List everything you can think of, but you do not need to be too specific. For example, you may keep customer names and email addresses, receipts for raw material, your banking information, or other proprietary information.
- Consider mapping this information with the associated assets identified in the inventories of physical devices, systems, software platforms and applications used within the organization (see ID.AM-1 &ID.AM-2).

All connections within the organization's ICT/OT environment, and to other organization internal platforms shall be mapped, documented, approved, and updated as appropriate.
Guidance
- Connection information includes, for example, the interface characteristics, data characteristics, ports,
protocols, addresses, description of the data, security requirements, and the nature of the connection.
- Configuration management can be used as supporting asset.
- This documentation should not be stored only on the network it represents.
- Consider keeping a copy of this documentation in a safe offline environment (e.g. offline hard disk,paper hardcopy, …).

The information flows/data flows within the organization’s ICT/OT environment, as well as to other organization-internal systems shall be mapped, documented, authorized, and updated when changes occur.
Guidance
- With knowledge of the information/data flows within a system and between systems, it is possible to determine where information can and cannot go.
- Consider:
- Enforcing controls restricting connections to only authorized interfaces.
- Heightening system monitoring activity whenever there is an indication of increased risk to organization's critical operations and assets.
- Protecting the system from information leakage due to electromagnetic signals emanations.

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ID.AM-3: Organizational communication and data flows are mapped.
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Information that the organization stores and uses shall be identified.
Guidance
- Start by listing all the types of information your business stores or uses. Define “information type” in any useful way that makes sense to your business. You may want to have your employees make a list of all the information they use in their regular activities. List everything you can think of, but you do not need to be too specific. For example, you may keep customer names and email addresses, receipts for raw material, your banking information, or other proprietary information.
- Consider mapping this information with the associated assets identified in the inventories of physical devices, systems, software platforms and applications used within the organization (see ID.AM-1 &ID.AM-2).

All connections within the organization's ICT/OT environment, and to other organization internal platforms shall be mapped, documented, approved, and updated as appropriate.
Guidance
- Connection information includes, for example, the interface characteristics, data characteristics, ports,
protocols, addresses, description of the data, security requirements, and the nature of the connection.
- Configuration management can be used as supporting asset.
- This documentation should not be stored only on the network it represents.
- Consider keeping a copy of this documentation in a safe offline environment (e.g. offline hard disk,paper hardcopy, …).

The information flows/data flows within the organization’s ICT/OT environment, as well as to other organization-internal systems shall be mapped, documented, authorized, and updated when changes occur.
Guidance
- With knowledge of the information/data flows within a system and between systems, it is possible to determine where information can and cannot go.
- Consider:
- Enforcing controls restricting connections to only authorized interfaces.
- Heightening system monitoring activity whenever there is an indication of increased risk to organization's critical operations and assets.
- Protecting the system from information leakage due to electromagnetic signals emanations.

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ID.AM-3: Organizational communication and data flows are mapped.
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CyberFundamentals (Belgium)
Task name
Priority
Task completes
Complete these tasks to increase your compliance in this policy.
Critical
Data store listing and owner assignment
Critical
High
Normal
Low
Description of administrative data flows
Critical
High
Normal
Low
Measures for the storage of incoming information, information being processed and outgoing information
Critical
High
Normal
Low

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