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SC-42(05) Collection Minimization

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged SC part of SC-42

Title

Collection Minimization

Control

Employ [Assignment: sensors] that are configured to minimize the collection of information about individuals that is not needed.

Discussion

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.

Parameters

sc-42.05_odp: sensors

Related controls

sa-8, si-12

Assessment objective

SC-42(05) the [Assignment: sensors] configured to minimize the collection of information about individuals that is not needed are employed.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).