C.3.3.5 - Benefits management
Benefits Management designs, develops, and implements benefit programs that attract, retain and support current and former agency employees.
This sub-function includes: establishing and communicating benefits programs; processing benefits actions; and interacting as necessary with third party benefits providers. The recommended provisional security categorization for benefits management information is as follows:
Security category
Confidentiality Low
The confidentiality impact level is the effect of unauthorized disclosure benefits management information on the ability of responsible agencies to design, develop, and implement benefit programs that attract, retain and support current and former agency employees will have only a limited adverse effect on agency operations, assets, or individuals. The consequences of unauthorized disclosure of the majority of benefits management information will result in a limited adverse effect on agency operations, agency assets, or individuals. Special Factors Affecting Confidentiality Impact Determination: Where more sensitive information is involved, it will probably be personal information subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or information that is proprietary to a corporation or other organization. In such cases, the consequences of unauthorized disclosure of benefits management information could be serious (particularly in cases of exposure of large data bases that might reveal private medical information or facilitate identity theft or other financial fraud). (The provisional impact levels for personnel information are documented in the Personal Identity and Authentication, Income, and Entitlement Event information types.) In such cases, the confidentiality impact level would be moderate. Recommended Confidentiality Impact Level: The provisional confidentiality impact level recommended for disclosure of benefits management information is low.
Integrity Low
The integrity impact level is based on the specific mission and the data supporting that mission, not on the time required to detect the modification or destruction of information. The consequences of unauthorized modification or destruction of benefits management information depends mostly on the criticality of the information with respect to agency mission capability, protection of agency assets, and safety of individuals. In general, the effects of modifications or deletion of this information are generally limited with respect to agency mission capabilities or assets. Recommended Integrity Impact Level: The provisional integrity impact level recommended for benefits management information is low.
Availability Low
The availability impact level is based on the specific mission and the data supporting that mission, not on the time required to re-establish access to benefits management information. Benefits management processes are generally tolerant of delay. Typically, disruption benefits management information can be expected to have only a limited adverse effect on agency operations, agency assets, or individuals. Recommended Availability Impact Level: The provisional availability impact level recommended benefits management information is low.