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Maps 4–6 — Restrictions, Activity Flow, Policy/Evidence

Map 4 — Restriction Stack

DATA ITEM / DATA SET
      │
      ├─> Internal Confidentiality → ONE HIGHEST applicable level
      │
      └─> External Regulations / Contracts → ALL applicable categories
                          ↓
                    ENTITLEMENT
                          ↓
               APPLY ALL REQUIRED PROTECTIONS

Answer check: confidentiality aggregates upward to one level; external categories accumulate.

Map 5 — Security Activity Flow

Identify Requirements
        ↓
Define Policy
        ↓
Define Standards
        ↓
Assess Current Risk
        ↓
Implement Controls / Procedures
        ↓
Manage + Monitor
        ↓
Independent Audit / Compliance
        ↓
Improve

Interpretation: controls do not come first. Requirements/classification/risk tell the organization what the control must accomplish.

Map 6 — Policy to Evidence

POLICY
 high-level intent
    ↓
STANDARD
 measurable rule
    ↓
CONTROL / PROCEDURE
 enforce + operate
    ↓
LOG / EVIDENCE
 prove what occurred
    ↓
INDEPENDENT AUDIT
 assess against requirements

Exam discriminator: “we have a policy” is not proof. Auditable control needs observable evidence.

Source anchors: Chapter 7 classification and activities/policy sections, pp. 225–246.

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