Collection
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Collect personally identifiable information directly from the individual.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Individuals or their designated representatives can be sources of correct personally identifiable information. Organizations consider contextual factors that may incentivize individuals to provide correct data versus false data. Additional steps may be necessary to validate collected information based on the nature and context of the personally identifiable information, how it is to be used, and how it was obtained. The measures taken to validate the accuracy of personally identifiable information used to make determinations about the rights, benefits, or privileges of individuals under federal programs may be more comprehensive than the measures taken to validate less sensitive 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(3) 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
- personally identifiable information is collected directly from the individual.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; personally identifiable information processing policy; system configuration documentation; system audit records; user interface where personally identifiable information is collected; system security plan; privacy plan; privacy impact assessment; privacy risk assessment documentation; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel responsible for data collection; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Data collection mechanisms; automated mechanisms supporting and/or validating collection directly from the individual].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SI-18(3). 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 information integrity policy
- personally identifiable information processing policy
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- system configuration documentation
Testing
- Data collection mechanisms
- automated mechanisms supporting and/or validating collection directly from the individual
Other Records
- system and information integrity procedures
- system audit records
- user interface where personally identifiable information is collected
- privacy impact assessment
- privacy risk assessment documentation
- other relevant documents or records