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4.2.1.2.6 Protecting data and information -- Data masking on integration analysis

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Test Name TC_DATA_MASKING
Threat Reference

TR 33.926 [ 4], clause 5.3.6.7, Personal Identification Information Violation

Requirement Name

Data masking on integration analysis about personal data

Requirement Reference

In accordance with industry best practice..

Requirement Description

NWDAF can collect data from OAM, MDAF and/or 5GC NFs (e.g. AMF) etc. for analytics purposes. Since personal data of the users could be involved , there is a potential privacy impact. As the NWDAF can expose its service operations with a request for bulked data, anonymization of data fields shall be applied to avoid exposing undesired information, aggregation levels.

Test Purpose

Verify that no privacy-related information of the subscribers is disclosed to any entity who is not authorized to access such information.

Pre-Conditions

Privacy information list (contains e.g. PII, location data, network identifiers, session information; should be specified based on local policy, regulation and others).

NOTE: If user consent check is implemented, user consent for data collection is granted.

The following entities are operational, integrated and simulated:

  • NWDAF.

  • 'data producer' (NF- or OAM as source for data collection which generates user data containing privacy info, e.g. AMF).

  • 'analytics consumer' (NF- or OAM to which the NWDAF exposes analytics).

The data producer is configured to receive and accept subscription requests from the NWDAF for events according to TS 29.552 [6], clause 5.5.1.1.

Execution Steps
  1. Tester triggers behaviour so that the 'data producer' is required to handle privacy information (e.g. for AMF trigger registration request at UE).

  2. The tester sends an Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Request request message from the 'analytics consumer' to NWDAF according to TS 29.552 [6], clause 5.2.3.1. The request message shall be crafted to capture information from step 1.

  3. The tester retrieves the Nnwdaf_AnalyticsInfo_Request response message from the NWDAF.

Expected Results

The analytics results do not reveal subscriber permanent identifier nor any other data listed on the Privacy information list.

Expected Format of Evidence

Evidence suitable for the interface, e.g. screenshot, pcap trace, log files containing the results.

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4.2.1.2.6 Protecting data and information -- Data masking on integration analysis

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Test Name TC_DATA_MASKING
Threat Reference

TR 33.926 [ 4], clause 5.3.6.7, Personal Identification Information Violation

Requirement Name

Data masking on integration analysis about personal data

Requirement Reference

TBA.

Requirement Description

NWDAF can collect data from UE, NF, OAM, etc. used for analytics. Personal data of the UE's user are involved also. When NWDAF uses such personal data in analytics with other information together, such data correlation operation could bind more personal information with the user's identity. Thus, privacy information about that specific user could be revealed to the person who is allowed to operate data correlation for analytics but not allowed to know the privacy information as the result of data correlation. Therefore, applicable measures (e.g. data masking) shall be applied to mitigate such privacy violation risk.

Test Purpose

Verify that no privacy information of operators' users is revealed to the party who is not allowed to have.

Pre-Conditions

The vendor shall provide the documentation describing how to create an account for accessing the analytics results.

Privacy information list (should be specified based on local policy, regulation and others).

Execution Steps
  1. Review the documentation provided by the vendor describing how to create the account for accessing the analytics results provided by the NWDAF.

  2. The tester creates the account, and retrieves the analytics results from the NWDAF using the account.

Expected Results

The tester can create the account, and the account does not reveal subscriber permanent identifier.

Expected Format of Evidence

Evidence suitable for the interface, e.g. screenshot containing the results.

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