Data Tags
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Employ data tags to automate the correction or deletion of personally identifiable information across the information life cycle within organizational systems.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Data tagging personally identifiable information includes tags that note processing permissions, authority to process, de-identification, impact level, information life cycle stage, and retention or last updated dates. Employing data tags for personally identifiable information can support the use of automation tools to correct or delete relevant personally identifiable information.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for SI-18(2) 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
- data tags are employed to automate the correction or deletion of personally identifiable information across the information life cycle within organizational systems.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; personally identifiable information processing policy; procedures addressing data tagging; personally identifiable information inventory; system audit records; audit findings; system security plan; privacy plan; privacy impact assessment; privacy risk assessment documentation; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel responsible for tagging data; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Data tagging mechanisms; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing data tagging].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SI-18(2). 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
- System and information integrity policy
- personally identifiable information processing policy
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- personally identifiable information inventory
Testing
- Data tagging mechanisms
- automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing data tagging
Other Records
- system and information integrity procedures
- procedures addressing data tagging
- system audit records
- audit findings
- privacy impact assessment
- privacy risk assessment documentation
- other relevant documents or records