Which outcome concerns identifying the types of information processed, stored, and transmitted by the system?

• A. The authorization boundary determined.
• B. The mission processes identified.
• C. The types of information processed, stored, and transmitted by the system are identified.
• D. The common controls are published.

Answer: (C)

Identifying the types of information the system processes, stores, and transmits is about naming what data the system handles. This is the foundation for protected handling because different data types come with different privacy, regulatory, and risk considerations. When you clearly identify the information types, you can classify the data, determine required handling and labeling, and decide which controls and protections are appropriate. This makes it possible to tailor security measures to the actual data the system deals with and sets up the right basis for subsequent RMF steps.

The other aspects are about separate concerns: defining the authorization boundary concerns where the system ends and where authorization applies; identifying mission processes is about business or operational functions; and publishing common controls is about shared controls that apply across systems.