Collection Minimization
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Employ [sensors] that are configured to minimize the collection of information about individuals that is not needed.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Although policies to control for authorized use can be applied to information once it is collected, minimizing the collection of information that is not needed mitigates privacy risk at the system entry point and mitigates the risk of policy control failures. Sensor configurations include the obscuring of human features, such as blurring or pixelating flesh tones.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for SC-42(5) 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
- the sensors that are configured to minimize the collection of unneeded information about individuals are defined;
- the <SC-42(05)_ODP sensors> configured to minimize the collection of information about individuals that is not needed are employed.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; access control policy and procedures; personally identifiable information processing policy; sensor capability and data collection policy and procedures; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; privacy risk assessment documentation; privacy impact assessments; system architecture; list of information being collected by sensors; list of sensor configurations that minimize the collection of personally identifiable information (e.g., obscure human features); system audit records; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system; organizational personnel responsible for sensor capabilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing measures to facilitate the review of information that is being collected by sensors; sensor information collection capabilities for the system].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-42(5). 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
- System and communications protection policy
- access control policy and procedures
- personally identifiable information processing policy
- sensor capability and data collection policy and procedures
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- system architecture
Testing
- Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing measures to facilitate the review of information that is being collected by sensors
- sensor information collection capabilities for the system
Other Records
- privacy risk assessment documentation
- privacy impact assessments
- list of information being collected by sensors
- list of sensor configurations that minimize the collection of personally identifiable information (e.g., obscure human features)
- system audit records
- other relevant documents or records