PS-4 Personnel Termination
Disable access and revoke authenticators within FedRAMP-defined time (same day); conduct exit interview; retrieve property.
Source: FedRAMP High (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 baseline), PS-4. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open FedRAMP High (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 baseline) in the compliance library.
A FedRAMP baseline is a subset of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, enhancements included.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Termination tickets with HR date, access disable time and property return checklist · Ticketing / ITSM
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Termination and transfer access removal evidence within SLA · HR system / LMS
- Third party personnel screening attestations · HR system / LMS
- Acknowledgement of access agreements signed at hire · HR system / LMS
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- SSP PS-4 statement describing same-day access revocation, exit interviews and return of property on termination · HR system / LMS
- Sanctions policy with documented application history · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Termination access removal exceeds documented SLA
- Sanctions applied informally without HR documentation
- Contractor screening relies on vendor attestation without sampling
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
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