Individual Access
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Provide [mechanisms] to enable individuals to have access to the following elements of their personally identifiable information: [elements].
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Individual access affords individuals the ability to review personally identifiable information about them held within organizational records, regardless of format. Access helps individuals to develop an understanding about how their personally identifiable information is being processed. It can also help individuals ensure that their data is accurate. Access mechanisms can include request forms and application interfaces. For federal agencies, PRIVACT processes can be located in systems of record notices and on agency websites. Access to certain types of records may not be appropriate (e.g., for federal agencies, law enforcement records within a system of records may be exempt from disclosure under the PRIVACT ) or may require certain levels of authentication assurance. Organizational personnel consult with the senior agency official for privacy and legal counsel to determine appropriate mechanisms and access rights or limitations.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for AC-3(14) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.
Assessment
Assessment Objectives
- mechanisms enabling individuals to have access to elements of their personally identifiable information are defined;
- elements of personally identifiable information to which individuals have access are defined;
- <AC-03(14)_ODP[01] mechanisms> are provided to enable individuals to have access to <AC-03(14)_ODP[02] elements> of their personally identifiable information.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Access mechanisms (e.g., request forms and application interfaces); access control policy; procedures addressing access enforcement; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; documentation regarding access to an individual�s personally identifiable information; system audit records; system security plan; privacy plan; privacy impact assessment; privacy assessment findings and/or reports; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with access enforcement responsibilities; system/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; legal counsel].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing access enforcement functions; mechanisms enabling individual access to personally identifiable information].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AC-3(14). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.
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Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- access control policy
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
Testing
- Mechanisms implementing access enforcement functions
- mechanisms enabling individual access to personally identifiable information
Other Records
- Access mechanisms (e.g., request forms and application interfaces)
- procedures addressing access enforcement
- documentation regarding access to an individual�s personally identifiable information
- system audit records
- privacy impact assessment
- privacy assessment findings and/or reports
- other relevant documents or records