Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• PT-07(01)(a)
  • PT-07(01)(a)[01] when a system processes Social Security numbers, the unnecessary collection, maintenance, and use of Social Security numbers are eliminated;
  • PT-07(01)(a)[02] when a system processes Social Security numbers, alternatives to the use of Social Security Numbers as a personal identifier are explored;
• PT-07(01)(b) when a system processes Social Security numbers, individual rights, benefits, or privileges provided by law are not denied because of an individual’s refusal to disclose their Social Security number;
• PT-07(01)(c)
  • PT-07(01)(c)[01] when a system processes Social Security numbers, any individual who is asked to disclose their Social Security number is informed whether that disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, by what statutory or other authority such number is solicited, and what uses will be made of it;
  • PT-07(01)(c)[02] when a system processes Social Security numbers, any individual who is asked to disclose their Social Security number is informed by what statutory or other authority the number is solicited;
  • PT-07(01)(c)[03] when a system processes Social Security numbers, any individual who is asked to disclose their Social Security number is informed what uses will be made of it.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures
• privacy notice
• Privacy Act system of records
• privacy notice
• separate notice regarding the use of Social Security numbers
• privacy plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with personally identifiable information processing and transparency responsibilities
• organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities

Test

• Organizational processes for identifying, reviewing, and taking action to control the unnecessary use of Social Security numbers
• implementation of an alternative to Social Security numbers as identifiers

Linkitetyt tehtävät

• NIST -

  EN: Publications of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, https://www.nist.gov/, from their electronic versions (OSCAL; SP 800-63-4 from its HTML version, https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/). Works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright protection in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105); the OSCAL content is dedicated to the public domain worldwide (CC0 1.0); outside the United States NIST grants the right to reprint its technical series publications in all formats (NIST copyright statement). Republished courtesy of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; each document names its citation. Divided into sections and converted into the GRCA format, the wording unchanged. Only the versions published by NIST are authoritative.

  DE: Veröffentlichungen des National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, https://www.nist.gov/, aus ihren elektronischen Fassungen (OSCAL; SP 800-63-4 aus ihrer HTML-Fassung, https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/). Werke von NIST-Beschäftigten sind in den USA urheberrechtlich nicht geschützt (17 U.S.C. § 105); die OSCAL-Inhalte sind weltweit gemeinfrei gestellt (CC0 1.0); außerhalb der USA räumt das NIST das Recht ein, seine Technical-Series-Publikationen in allen Formaten neu zu veröffentlichen (Copyright-Hinweis des NIST). „Republished courtesy of the National Institute of Standards and Technology“; jedes Dokument nennt seine Zitierangabe. In Abschnitte aufgeteilt und in das GRCA-Format umgewandelt, der Wortlaut unverändert. Maßgeblich sind allein die vom NIST veröffentlichten Fassungen.