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.
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 →Personnel requiring access to classified information or assets must hold and maintain an appropriate security clearance.
DSPF-P40 · Personnel security clearance →Personnel Security per Section 9.3.14 PS family + IRS-specific enhancements + Exhibit 6 ensure that all individuals with FTI access are trustworthy and accountable.
IRSPub1075-PersonnelSecurity-NDA-BackgroundCheck-Training-DisciplinaryAction-USCitizen-Exhibit6 · IRS Pub 1075 Personnel Security - Non-Disclosure Agreement (Exhibit 6) + Background Investigations + Tier 1/2/3 + Disclosure Awareness Training + Annual Refresher + Disciplinary Action + US Citizen Requirement →Sets and enforces the personnel security requirements applying to external providers, including notification when their staff leave.
161R1-PS-7 · External Personnel Security →Requires a personnel security policy with supporting procedures to be developed, approved, disseminated to defined personnel, owned by a named official, and reviewed and updated on a defined frequency and after defined events.
NIST800-PS-1 · Policy and procedures for personnel security →Entities must ensure their personnel are suitable to access Australian Government resources and continue to meet this requirement throughout their engagement, with controls for ongoing suitability and insider risk.
PSPF-2024-OUTCOME-3 · Personnel Security Outcome →Questions people ask about personnel security
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