Identifiable Information (PII)

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Special Publication 800-122. Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Erika McCallister Tim Grance Karen Scarfone NIST Special Publication 800-122 Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Erika McCallister Tim Grance Karen Scarfone C O M P U T E R S E C U R I T Y. Computer Security Division Information Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.

Organizations should identify all PII residing in their environment. An organization cannot properly protect PII it does not know about. This document uses a broad definition of PII to identify as many potential sources of PII as possible (e.g., databases, shared …

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