COGNOS BI
Date signed: 5/12/2026
| PTA Question | PTA Answers |
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| OPDIV: | CMS |
| PIA Unique Identifier: | P-6000700-306793 |
| Name: | COGNOS BI |
| The subject of this PIA is which of the following? | Major Application |
| Identify the Enterprise Performance Lifecycle Phase of the system. | Operate |
| Is this a FISMA-Reportable system? | Yes |
| Does the system include a Website or online application available to and for the use of the general public? | No |
| Identify the operator: | Agency |
| Is this a new or existing system? | Existing |
| Does the system have Security Authorization (SA)? | Yes |
| Date of Security Authorization | 6/13/2025 |
| Indicate the following reason(s) for updating this PIA. Choose from the following options. |
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| Describe in further detail any changes to the system that have occurred since the last PIA. | No changes have occurred since the last Privacy Impact Assessment. Cognos Business Intelligence acts only as a conduit between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services maintained data stores and the verticals. Cognos has never shared personally identifiable information and has never stored personally identifiable information. |
| Describe the purpose of the system | Cognos is a Business Intelligence application that provides the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with a wide range of business intelligence functionality on a single web services-based architecture. Cognos offers a complete range of business intelligence functionality, including reporting, analysis, dashboarding, score carding and event management. Also, the system delivers a single metadata layer and a single query engine, providing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with a single source reporting tool for all relevant data and a complete and consistent view of any business issue or driver. |
| Describe the type of information the system will collect, maintain (store), or share. (Subsequent questions will identify if this information is PII and ask about the specific data elements) | Cognos Business Intelligence software is used to report on customer data. Cognos Business Intelligence acts only as a conduit between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services maintained data stores and the verticals. Cognos utilizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Enterprise User Administration and Identity Management System which are covered by separate Privacy Impact Assessments for this system user identification and authentication. Cognos does not store or share personally identifiable information and has never stored personally identifiable information. Cognos still use job code to verify users access control. |
| Provide an overview of the system and describe the information it will collect, maintain (store), or share, either permanently or temporarily. | Cognos does not store or share personally identifiable information and has never stored personally identifiable information. Cognos still uses job code to verify users' access control. |
| Does the system collect, maintain, use or share PII? | No |
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| Session Cookies - Collects PII?: No |
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