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Personnel Security (PS)

The Personnel Security family has 9 active controls in SP 800-53 release 5.2.0. “Yes” marks membership in the SP 800-53B baselines.

ControlTitleLowModerateHighPrivacy
PS-1Policy and ProceduresYesYesYes
PS-2Position Risk DesignationYesYesYes
PS-3Personnel ScreeningYesYesYes
PS-4Personnel TerminationYesYesYes
PS-5Personnel TransferYesYesYes
PS-6Access AgreementsYesYesYesYes
PS-7External Personnel SecurityYesYesYes
PS-8Personnel SanctionsYesYesYes
PS-9Position DescriptionsYesYesYes

Independent guidance, not an official NIST publication. Control text is from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53A (public domain). Original content is licensed CC BY 4.0; program templates and the downloadable kit are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.