The provision of key protection information about afected populations is an essential requirement in order to enable the humanitarian community to base programming plans and responses on available evidence and informed analysis. Unlike some other areas of information management, such as health, education, or nutrition, the discipline of PIM is not well defined, structured, or coordinated. Subsequently, in order to respond to protection crisis there is a need within the humanitarian community to have a well-articulated and common understanding of PIM, its defnition, key components, standards, tools, and methodologies.