DI – Data Quality And Integrity

The RMF Security Control Family DI, Data Quality and Integrity, addresses the need for organizations to protect the quality and integrity of their data.

Controls in the DI Security Control Family

The DI Security Control Family includes the following controls:

• DI-1: Data Quality: This control requires organizations to implement processes to ensure the quality of their data. This includes identifying data quality requirements, assessing data quality, and taking corrective action to improve data quality.
• DI-2: Data Integrity: This control requires organizations to implement processes to ensure the integrity of their data. This includes protecting data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
• DI-3: Data Classification: This control requires organizations to classify their data based on its sensitivity and criticality. This helps to ensure that the appropriate security controls are implemented to protect the data.
• DI-4: Data Backup and Recovery: This control requires organizations to implement a data backup and recovery plan. This plan should include procedures for backing up data on a regular basis and recovering data in the event of a loss or corruption.
• DI-5: Data Access Control: This control requires organizations to implement access controls to restrict access to data to authorized users. This helps to protect data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
• DI-6: Data Audit and Accountability: This control requires organizations to audit and monitor data access and use. This helps to detect unauthorized access and use of data.
• DI-7: Data Disposal: This control requires organizations to implement a data disposal plan. This plan should include procedures for securely disposing of data when it is no longer needed.

Benefits of Implementing the DI Security Control Family

There are a number of benefits to implementing the DI Security Control Family, including:

• Improved data quality and integrity: The DI Security Control Family helps to improve the quality and integrity of data by implementing processes to ensure that data is accurate, complete, reliable, and accessible.
• Reduced risk: The DI Security Control Family helps to reduce the risk of data breaches and other security incidents by protecting data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
• Compliance: The DI Security Control Family can help organizations comply with applicable laws and regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
• Increased trust: By implementing the DI Security Control Family, organizations can demonstrate to their customers and partners that they are taking steps to protect their data.

How to Implement the DI Security Control Family

To implement the DI Security Control Family, organizations should follow these steps:

1. Develop a data quality and integrity policy and procedures. This policy should define the organization’s data quality and integrity requirements, and the processes for ensuring that data meets those requirements.
2. Classify data based on its sensitivity and criticality. This will help to ensure that the appropriate security controls are implemented to protect the data.
3. Implement data access controls to restrict access to data to authorized users. This can be done using a variety of methods, such as access control lists, role-based access control, and multi-factor authentication.
4. Implement a data backup and recovery plan. This plan should include procedures for backing up data on a regular basis and recovering data in the event of a loss or corruption.
5. Audit and monitor data access and use. This can be done using a variety of methods, such as security information and event management (SIEM) systems and log analysis tools.
6. Implement a data disposal plan. This plan should include procedures for securely disposing of data when it is no longer needed.

Conclusion

The DI Security Control Family is an essential part of the RMF. By implementing the DI Security Control Family, organizations can improve the quality and integrity of their data, reduce the risk of data breaches and other security incidents, comply with applicable laws and regulations, and increase trust with their customers and partners.