What evidence do auditors commonly ask for on AT-2(2) Literacy Training and Awareness | Insider Threat?

System security plan; Privacy plan; Literacy training and awareness policy; Procedures addressing literacy training and awareness implementation; Literacy training and awareness curriculum; Literacy training and awareness materials.

What is the most common gap auditors find on AT-2(2)?

Literacy training omits recognizing potential indicators of insider threat, such as unusual access or policy violations

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · AT - Awareness and Training

`AT-2(2)` Literacy Training and Awareness | Insider Threat

Provide literacy training on recognizing and reporting potential indicators of insider threat.

Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, AT-2(2). 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 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 in the compliance library.

Base controls and their enhancements. Which apply follows the baseline you are assessed against (for example FedRAMP Moderate or High, or the low, moderate and high baselines of SP 800-53B). Text in square brackets is a parameter your organisation sets.

artefacts

held by a system

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. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

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

none for this control

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

none for this control

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

System security plan · HR system / LMS
Privacy plan · HR system / LMS
Literacy training and awareness policy · HR system / LMS
Procedures addressing literacy training and awareness implementation · HR system / LMS
Literacy training and awareness curriculum · HR system / LMS
Literacy training and awareness materials · HR system / LMS

First move

No system holds this evidence for you: it is people and documents. Reminders and routing to the owner still save time. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date.

Common gaps auditors find

Literacy training omits recognizing potential indicators of insider threat, such as unusual access or policy violations
Training covers insider threat awareness but does not explain how and to whom users report potential insider indicators

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