FedRAMP Moderate
PS - Personnel Security

FedRAMP Moderate PS-3: Personnel Screening

Screen individuals prior to authorizing access; rescreen at FedRAMP frequency per position risk; US citizenship may apply.

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 23 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC1.4 CC1.4 Attracting, developing and retaining competent people (COSO principle 4)
  • SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials
  • ASD37-37 Personnel management (Very Good)
  • AUCDR-IS-6 Information security training and awareness program

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-HR-01 Verification of qualification and trustworthiness

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • CCM-HRS-01 Background Screening Policy and Procedures

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.4.1 Prior to employment

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.i Human resources security, access control policies and asset management

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.9.1e Enhanced Personnel Screening
  • PS-3 PS-3 Personnel Screening
  • PS-3 PS-3 Personnel Screening
  • PS-3 PS-3 Personnel Screening

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.7.1 12.7.1 Pre-hire screening of personnel with CDE access

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

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP Moderate have you already done?

FedRAMP Moderate PS-3 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27002:2022 and 182 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 348 were rejected on the ISO 27002:2022 pair alone.

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