Walkthrough Sensitive Data Assessment Activity Duration: 45 minutes This exercise is adapted from the LevelUp Activity, Backup Matrix, part of the curricula for Data Retrention and Backup by Daniel O'Clunaigh, Ali Ravi, Samir Nassar, and Carol. Materials to Prepare: Stickies Markers Flipchart paper One larger sheet of paper taped to wall in landscape orientation, with or without prepared titles. (For an example with prepared headings, see the matrix below.) The Sensitivity axis is optional in the original exercise, but critical for this one. It can be added after the initial round of brainstorming however to streamline the flow. Relative Sensitivity Computer USB / External Drive Cloud Storage Phones, Print, etc. High Moderate Low Explain to participants that we're going to conduct an information mapping activity to get a sense of where our important information actually is. Start by listing the different places where our information is stored, according to participants. If no suggestions are forthcoming, we can prompt participants with the obvious stuff: Computer hard drives USB flash drives External hard drives Cellphones CDs & DVDs (and BDs) Our email inbox The Cloud: Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, etc Physical copies (or “hard copies”) in the office Multimedia: Video tapes, audio recordings, photographs, etc. Page 106 of 240