Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information at the Department of Homeland Security

摘要

This Handbook on Safeguarding Sensitive PII at DHS provides minimum standards that apply to every DHS employee, contractor, detailee, and consultant.1 Your Component Privacy Officer, Program Office, or System Owner may set additional or more specific rules for handling PII, including Sensitive PII, based on the sensitivity of the information involved. Your supervisor or Component Privacy Officer will be able to direct you to your Component-specific rules. This Handbook explains: how to identify Sensitive PII, how to protect Sensitive PII in different contexts and formats, and what to do if you believe Sensitive PII may have been compromised.