PS-1 Policy and procedures for 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 e
5
artefacts
0
held by a system
0
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Approved personnel security policy with scope, approver and date · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Evidence the personnel security policy reached the personnel or roles it defines · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Written designation of the official accountable for the personnel security policy and procedures · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Procedures covering screening, transfer, termination and sanctions · HR system / LMS
- Review record for the personnel security policy and procedures against the defined frequency and triggering events · 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
- Policy owned by human resources with no security involvement in its content
- External providers and contractors outside the policy scope
- No review cadence defined for the personnel security policy, so it silently ages
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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