Each document in Katara can be assigned a sensitivity level that reflects the confidentiality of its content. This classification acts as a secondary gate for document visibility and sharing.
The system uses four standard sensitivity levels to categorize documents:
Level 0: Public: Documents intended for a wide audience.
Level 1: Internal: Standard organizational data used for day-to-day work.
Level 2: Confidential: Sensitive information restricted to users with explicit clearance.
Level 3: Highly Confidential: The most sensitive data, requiring the highest level of clearance.
When a user or application attempts to view a document, Katara performs a sensitivity check:
Rule: A user or application can only view a document if its clearance level is greater than or equal to the document's sensitivity level.
Automatic Enforcement: This check is applied across the entire platform, including search, document lists, and AI agent retrieval.
Shared Access: Sharing a document does not bypass its sensitivity classification.
Document owners are responsible for assigning and maintaining the sensitivity level of their content.
Defaults: New documents default to "Public" (Level 0) unless a different level is specified at creation time.
Updates: Owners can re-classify their documents as the sensitivity of the content changes over time.
Legacy Documents: Documents without an assigned owner follow their original organizational visibility rules until they are assigned an owner and classified.
Users and applications can each have a clearance level. This level determines the highest sensitivity of documents they are authorized to view.
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