CCI-004429

Limit or minimize the amount of personally identifiable information used for internal testing, training, and research purposes.

Implementation Guidance

Determine if: - the amount of personally identifiable information used for internal testing purposes is limited or minimized. - the amount of personally identifiable information used for internal training purposes is limited or minimized. - the amount of personally identifiable information used for internal research purposes is limited or minimized.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: Privacy program plan; policies and procedures for the minimization of personally identifiable information used in testing, training, and research; documentation supporting policy implementation (e.g., templates for testing, training, and research; privacy threshold analysis; privacy risk assessment); data sets used for testing, training, and research]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with privacy program responsibilities; organizational personnel with privacy responsibilities; system developers; personnel with IRB responsibilities]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for data quality and personally identifiable information management; mechanisms supporting data quality management and personally identifiable information management to minimize the use of personally identifiable information].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-004429.