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PS-03 Personnel Screening

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.1.1+u4
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Title

Personnel Screening

Control

a. Screen individuals prior to authorizing access to the system; and
b. Rescreen individuals in accordance with [Assignment: organization-defined conditions requiring rescreening and, where rescreening is so indicated, the frequency of rescreening].

Discussion

Personnel screening and rescreening activities reflect applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, guidelines, and specific criteria established for the risk designations of assigned positions. Examples of personnel screening include background investigations and agency checks. Organizations may define different rescreening conditions and frequencies for personnel accessing systems based on types of information processed, stored, or transmitted by the systems.

Parameters

ps-3_prm_1: organization-defined conditions requiring rescreening and, where rescreening is so indicated, the frequency of rescreening
ps-03_odp.01: conditions requiring rescreening
ps-03_odp.02: frequency

Related controls

ac-2, ia-4, ma-5, pe-2, pm-12, ps-2, ps-6, ps-7, sa-21

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).