Having a clear understanding of where your data is being consumed is a critical first step toward being able to secure and ultimately protect it. Using data flow diagrams, it is possible to know the ...

(1) The path of data from source document to data entry to processing to final reports. Data changes format and sequence (within a file) as it moves from program to program. See dataflow diagram and ...

A description of data and the manual and machine processing performed on the data as it moves and changes from one stage to the next. A dataflow diagram also includes the locations where the data are ...