Policy and Procedures
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
- 1.[one of: organization-level; mission/business process-level; system-level] personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy that:
- (a)Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and
- (b)Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and
- 2.Procedures to facilitate the implementation of the personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and the associated personally identifiable information processing and transparency controls;
Requirement Context
This element is part of PT-1 — Policy and Procedures. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
- 1.[one of: organization-level; mission/business process-level; system-level] personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy that:
Requirement Context
This element is part of PT-1 — Policy and Procedures. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
- 1.Policy [frequency] and following [events] ; and
- 2.Procedures [frequency] and following [events].
Requirement Context
This element is part of PT-1 — Policy and Procedures. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures address the controls in the PT family that are implemented within systems and organizations. The risk management strategy is an important factor in establishing such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures contribute to security and privacy assurance. Therefore, it is important that security and privacy programs collaborate on the development of personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures. Security and privacy program policies and procedures at the organization level are preferable, in general, and may obviate the need for mission- or system-specific policies and procedures. The policy can be included as part of the general security and privacy policy or be represented by multiple policies that reflect the complex nature of organizations. Procedures can be established for security and privacy programs, for mission or business processes, and for systems, if needed. Procedures describe how the policies or controls are implemented and can be directed at the individual or role that is the object of the procedure. Procedures can be documented in system security and privacy plans or in one or more separate documents. Events that may precipitate an update to personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures include assessment or audit findings, breaches, or changes in applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines. Simply restating controls does not constitute an organizational policy or procedure.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for PT-1 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
- personnel or roles to whom the personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy is to be disseminated is/are defined;
- personnel or roles to whom the personally identifiable information processing and transparency procedures are to be disseminated is/are defined;
- one or more of the following PARAMETER VALUES is/are selected: {organization-level; mission/business process-level; system-level};
- an official to manage the personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures is defined;
- the frequency at which the current personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy is reviewed and updated is defined;
- events that would require the current personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy to be reviewed and updated are defined;
- the frequency at which the current personally identifiable information processing and transparency procedures are reviewed and updated is defined;
- events that would require the personally identifiable information processing and transparency procedures to be reviewed and updated are defined;
- a personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy is developed and documented;
- the personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy is disseminated to <PT-01_ODP[01] personnel or roles>;
- personally identifiable information processing and transparency procedures to facilitate the implementation of the personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and associated personally identifiable information processing and transparency controls are developed and documented;
- the personally identifiable information processing and transparency procedures are disseminated to <PT-01_ODP[02] personnel or roles>;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy addresses purpose;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy addresses scope;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy addresses roles;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy addresses responsibilities;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy addresses management commitment;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy addresses coordination among organizational entities;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy addresses compliance;
- the <PT-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy is consistent with applicable laws, Executive Orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines;
- the <PT-01_ODP[04] official> is designated to manage the development, documentation, and dissemination of the personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures;
- the current personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy is reviewed and updated <PT-01_ODP[05] frequency>;
- the current personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy is reviewed and updated following <PT-01_ODP[06] events>;
- the current personally identifiable information processing and transparency procedures are reviewed and updated <PT-01_ODP[07] frequency>;
- the current personally identifiable information processing and transparency procedures are reviewed and updated following <PT-01_ODP[08] events>.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures; privacy plan; privacy program plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with personally identifiable information processing and transparency responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PT-1. 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.
Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →Evidence
Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- Personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy and procedures
- privacy plan
- privacy program plan
Other Records
- other relevant documents or records