# Zuwiki

## Classification and Sensitivity

> Category: Access & Sharing

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## Pages

- [Welcome to Zuwiki](https://docs.zuwiki.com/welcome-to-zuwiki)

### Getting Started

- [Create Your First Wiki](https://docs.zuwiki.com/getting-started/create-your-first-wiki)
- [Organize with Categories](https://docs.zuwiki.com/getting-started/organize-with-categories)
- [Publish Your First Page](https://docs.zuwiki.com/getting-started/publish-your-first-page)

### Core Concepts

- [Wikis, Categories, and Pages](https://docs.zuwiki.com/core-concepts/wikis-categories-and-pages)
- [Page Lifecycle](https://docs.zuwiki.com/core-concepts/page-lifecycle)
- [Page History and Restore](https://docs.zuwiki.com/core-concepts/page-history-and-restore)

### Access & Sharing

- [Public vs Internal Wikis](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/public-vs-internal-wikis)
- [Visibility for Public Wikis](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/visibility-and-access)
- [Share Links](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/share-links)
- [Access Grants](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/access-grants)
- [Classification and Sensitivity](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/classification-and-sensitivity)

### Editor Guide

- [Markdown Basics](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/markdown-basics)
- [Linking Between Pages](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/linking-between-pages)
- [Icons and Visual Touches](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/icons-and-visual-touches)
- [Rich Content Blocks](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/rich-content-blocks)
- [OpenAPI Pages](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/openapi-pages)

### Plans & Account

- [Plans and Limits](https://docs.zuwiki.com/plans-account/plans-and-limits)
- [Custom Domain](https://docs.zuwiki.com/plans-account/custom-domain)
- [Zuwiki for Open Source](https://docs.zuwiki.com/plans-account/zuwiki-for-open-source)

### Integrations

- [MCP Server](https://docs.zuwiki.com/integrations/mcp-server)

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# Classification and Sensitivity

Classification adds a layer of protection on top of access for **internal knowledge wikis**. Where [access grants](/access-sharing/access-grants) decide who can open a wiki, classification decides how carefully the content is treated once it is open: whether reads are logged and whether the content is watermarked.

It applies to internal wikis only. Public documentation has no classification, see [Public vs Internal Wikis](/access-sharing/public-vs-internal-wikis). You set it in the wiki settings under **Security**, in the **Classification** field.

## The levels

- **Internal**: ordinary company content. No extra enforcement. This is the normal setting for an internal wiki.
- **Confidential**: sensitive content. Every read is recorded and the content is watermarked.
- **Restricted**: highly sensitive content. Same protection as Confidential, used for the material with the smallest intended audience.

Raising the level does not change who can read the wiki, that is still governed by access grants. It changes what happens when they do.

## What Confidential and Restricted add

### Audit log

Every time someone opens classified content, the read is written to the organization audit log along with who read it and when. Changing the classification of a wiki is logged too. This gives you a trail you can review later.

### Watermark

Classified pages are overlaid with the reader's own email address, tiled across the content, so any screenshot or photo carries the identity of the person who took it. The same stamp is attached if the reader copies text. Casual copying is also deterred at the page level.

The watermark is **on by default** for Confidential and Restricted wikis. You can turn it off with the **Watermark** toggle if the audit log alone is enough for your case.

## Classification and going public

Classification is a guardrail against accidental exposure. A wiki classified as Confidential or Restricted cannot be switched to public documentation directly. Lower its classification to Internal first, and only then change the mode. This is deliberate: it makes leaking sensitive content a conscious, two step action rather than a single careless click.

## Choosing a level

- Most internal wikis should stay at **Internal**. Reserve the higher levels for content where you would actually want a record of who looked.
- Use **Confidential** when reads should be traceable and copies should carry a name.
- Use **Restricted** for the same protection on the most limited material, paired with a tight set of [access grants](/access-sharing/access-grants).