NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
PS - Personnel Security

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-PS-8: PS-8 Personnel Sanctions

a. Employ a formal sanctions process for individuals failing to comply with established information security and privacy policies and procedures; and b. Notify [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] within [Assignment: organization-defined time period] when a formal employee sanctions process is initiated, identifying the individual sanctioned and the reason for the sanction.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 53 controls across 35 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • MC-1 Senior Management Support
  • TR-1 Periodic Training Program
  • TR-2 Job-Specific Training
  • TR-4 Training Updates

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.4 Management responsibilities
  • 6.4 Disciplinary process

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.4 Management responsibilities
  • 6.4 Disciplinary process

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC1.1 CC1.1 Commitment to integrity and ethical values (COSO principle 1)
  • SOC2-CC1.5 CC1.5 Accountability for internal control responsibilities (COSO principle 5)
  • ACQS-7-3 Worker Screening

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • CJIS-3 Personnel Security

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • PS-8 Personnel Sanctions

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • PS-8 Personnel Sanctions
  • Sapin2-Pillar7-Disciplinary-Regime Pillar 7 - Disciplinary Regime for Anti-Corruption Violations

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • ICP-10 Preventive Measures, Corrective Measures and Sanctions

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 8.2.4 Infringing instruction

ISO 27799:2025 · 1 control

  • ISO27799-07 Workforce security and clearance procedures
  • ISO28001-PI-01 Personnel Security Screening

ISO/IEC 27010:2015 · 1 control

  • 27010-7.1 Information Classification for Sharing

ISO/IEC 29147:2018 · 1 control

  • 29147-5.8 Confidentiality of Reports
  • PS-8 PS-8 Personnel Sanctions
  • PS-8 PS-8 Personnel Sanctions
  • PS-8 PS-8 Personnel Sanctions
  • PASONE-3 Personnel Security, Vetting, Awareness, and Training
  • SOCI-CIRMP-PERSONNEL CIRMP hazard vector: Personnel
  • PSN02-4 Sanctions screening
  • SWE-14 Sanctions Framework
  • CRM-2 Sanctions Compliance
  • UKGAMBLE-4 Resilience and Incident Response
  • ACE-EX-3 Export License Verification
  • US-ITAR-EAR-DS-03 Access Controls
  • UGA-13 Unlawful Obtaining or Disclosure

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.

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