PS-7 External Personnel Security
Establish personnel security requirements for external providers; require providers to notify within FedRAMP timeframe of personnel changes.
6
artefacts
0
held by a system
3
at each review
hard
to go live
HR system / LMS
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Acknowledgement of access agreements signed at hire · HR system / LMS
- Background screening completion records by role tier · Identity provider / directory
- Termination and transfer access removal evidence within SLA · HR system / LMS
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Control implementation statement for PS-7 citing the system mission and inheritance from common controls · Document repository
- Personnel security policy and position risk designation matrix · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Sanctions policy with documented application history · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Sanctions applied informally without HR documentation
- Contractor screening relies on vendor attestation without sampling
- Position risk designations not reviewed when responsibilities change
- Background checks not re run when employees move to higher risk roles
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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