FedRAMP High
PS - Personnel Security

FedRAMP High PS-7: External Personnel Security

Establish personnel security requirements for external providers; require providers to notify within FedRAMP timeframe of personnel changes.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 28 controls across 19 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.19 Information security in supplier relationships
  • 5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements
  • 5.22 Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services
  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-05 Requirements to address cybersecurity risks in supply chains are established, prioritized, and integrated into contracts and other types of agreements with suppliers and other relevant third parties
  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-07 The risks posed by a supplier, their products and services, and other third parties are understood, recorded, prioritized, assessed, responded to, and monitored over the course of the relationship
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AT-01 Personnel are provided with awareness and training so that they possess the knowledge and skills to perform general tasks with cybersecurity risks in mind

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC9.2 Risk mitigation activities include assessment of vendor and business partner controls
  • SOC2-P6.4 Obtains privacy commitments from vendors and other third parties who have access to personal information to meet the entity's objectives related to privacy. The entity assesses those parties' compliance on a periodic and as-needed
  • SOC2-P6.5 Obtains commitments from vendors and other third parties with access to personal information to notify the entity in the event of actual or suspected unauthorized disclosures of personal information. Such notifications are reported to
  • CBPR-PR-35 Processor protection obligations
  • CBPR-PR-46 Mechanisms with processors to meet obligations
  • CCM-HRS-01 Background Screening Policy and Procedures
  • CCM-STA-09 Primary Service and Contractual Agreement

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 12.8.2 Written agreements with TPSPs
  • 8.2.7 Third-party access managed

APPI · 1 control

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-P19 Policy Direction to All Responsible Parties
  • ASBv3-PA-8 Determine access process for cloud provider support

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-SSO-01 Policies and instructions for controlling and monitoring third parties
  • CFTC-SS-30 Outsourcing with Retention of Complete Responsibility

GDPR · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements
  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in PS - Personnel Security

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FedRAMP High PS-7 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High controls already carry evidence.

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