Personnel Security
What is Personnel Security?
Security measures related to the hiring, management, and termination of personnel, including background checks and access management.
Terms that appear alongside personnel security
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as personnel security. The number is how many controls name both.
- insider threat 9 shared controls
- nist 8 shared controls
- confidentiality 8 shared controls
- compliance 7 shared controls
- audit 7 shared controls
- security clearance 6 shared controls
- policy 6 shared controls
- security awareness 6 shared controls
Frameworks that govern personnel security
What the standards actually require on personnel security
Requirements naming personnel security across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Requirement 0156 (Part Five: Personnel, section 19.3 Personnel Security Vetting Process; applies to Authorised Vetting Agencies; dated 31 October 2024;
protective-security-policy-framework-pspf-release-2026::0156 · 0156 Conduct minimum personnel security checks for the level →Establish personnel security requirements including security roles and responsibilities for external providers, require them to comply with the organisation's personnel security policies and procedures, document the requirements, require providers to notify th...
fbi-cjis-security-policy::PS-7 · PS-7 External Personnel Security →Verify that personnel performing maintenance and diagnostic activities on a system processing, storing, or transmitting classified information possess security clearances and formal access approvals for at least the highest classification level and for compart...
NIST800-MA-5(2) · MA-5(2) Maintenance Personnel | Security Clearances for Classified Systems →NSS-17 + NSS-42-G require personnel security + trustworthiness verification + training + awareness aligned with CSL access. Personnel security: background check + criminal record + financial + employment history + reference check + national security clearance...
IAEA-NSS17-Personnel-Trustworthiness-Training-Awareness · IAEA NSS-17 - Personnel Security + Trustworthiness + Training + Awareness + Cyber Hygiene →The organisation sets personnel security requirements and roles for external providers, requires them to follow its personnel security policies, documents the requirements, requires providers to report transfers or terminations of their staff holding credentia...
canada-itsp-10-033-security-and-privacy-controls-and-assurance-activities-catalogue::PS-07 · PS-07 External personnel security →Personnel requiring access to classified information or assets must hold and maintain an appropriate security clearance.
DSPF-P40 · Personnel security clearance →Questions people ask about personnel security
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