SORN
Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-004013
1. A notice that federal agencies publish in the Federal Register to describe their system of record.
2. The Privacy Act requires each agency to publish a notice of its systems of records in the Federal Register. This is called a System of Record Notice (SORN).
3. An official public notice of an organization’s system(s) of records, as required by the Privacy Act of 1974, that identifies: (i) the purpose for the system of records; (ii) the individuals covered by information in the system of records; (iii) the categories of records maintained about individuals; and (iv) the ways in which the information is shared.
4. The notice(s) published by an agency in the Federal Register upon the establishment and/or modification of a system of records describing the existence and character of the system.
| Identifier | MLC-T-CYB-004013 |
|---|---|
| Field | Cybersecurity |
| Expansions | system of records notice |
| References | NIST SP 800-63-4; NIST SP 800-63A-4; NIST SP 800-79-2; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from OMB Circular A-108; NIST CSRC Glossary |
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"NIST SP 800-63-4; NIST SP 800-63A-4",
"NIST SP 800-79-2",
"NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]",
"NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from OMB Circular A-108",
"NIST CSRC Glossary"
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"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/sorn/"
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