PS-2 Position risk designation
Requires a risk designation to be assigned to every organizational position, screening criteria to be established for the individuals who fill them, and those designations to be reviewed and updated at an organization-de
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
at each review
hard
to go live
Document repository
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
- Review records at the defined frequency with changes applied · Document repository
- Evidence designations are applied when positions are created or changed · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Register of positions with assigned risk designations · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Documented screening criteria mapped to each designation level · HR system / LMS
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
- Designations assigned to permanent staff roles only, omitting contractor positions
- Screening criteria identical regardless of designation, making the designation meaningless
- Designations never revisited as roles gained privileged access
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.
Build my evidence sheetPS-1 Policy and procedures for personnel security · PS-3 Personnel screening