NIST SP 800-53 PS-1 Policy and Procedures | Security Control Explorer

Requirements NIST SOURCE

1. 1.[one of: organization-level; mission/business process-level; system-level] personnel security policy that:
  1. (a)Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and
  2. (b)Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and
2. 2.Procedures to facilitate the implementation of the personnel security policy and the associated personnel security controls;
Requirement Context
This element is part of PS-1 — Policy and Procedures. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
1. 1.Policy [frequency] and following [events] ; and
2. 2.Procedures [frequency] and following [events].
Requirement Context
This element is part of PS-1 — Policy and Procedures. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Personnel security policy and procedures for the controls in the PS family that are implemented within systems and organizations. The risk management strategy is an important factor in establishing such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures contribute to security and privacy assurance. Therefore, it is important that security and privacy programs collaborate on their development. Security and privacy program policies and procedures at the organization level are preferable, in general, and may obviate the need for mission level or system-specific policies and procedures. The policy can be included as part of the general security and privacy policy or be represented by multiple policies reflecting the complex nature of organizations. Procedures can be established for security and privacy programs, for mission/business processes, and for systems, if needed. Procedures describe how the policies or controls are implemented and can be directed at the individual or role that is the object of the procedure. Procedures can be documented in system security and privacy plans or in one or more separate documents. Events that may precipitate an update to personnel security policy and procedures include, but are not limited to, assessment or audit findings, security incidents or breaches, or changes in applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines. Simply restating controls does not constitute an organizational policy or procedure.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for PS-1 yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

personnel or roles to whom the personnel security policy is to be disseminated is/are defined;
personnel or roles to whom the personnel security procedures are to be disseminated is/are defined;
one or more of the following PARAMETER VALUES is/are selected: {organization-level; mission/business process-level; system-level};
an official to manage the personnel security policy and procedures is defined;
the frequency at which the current personnel security policy is reviewed and updated is defined;
events that would require the current personnel security policy to be reviewed and updated are defined;
the frequency at which the current personnel security procedures are reviewed and updated is defined;
events that would require the personnel security procedures to be reviewed and updated are defined;
a personnel security policy is developed and documented;
the personnel security policy is disseminated to <PS-01_ODP[01] personnel or roles>;
personnel security procedures to facilitate the implementation of the personnel security policy and associated personnel security controls are developed and documented;
the personnel security procedures are disseminated to <PS-01_ODP[02] personnel or roles>;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy addresses purpose;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy addresses scope;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy addresses roles;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy addresses responsibilities;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy addresses management commitment;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy addresses coordination among organizational entities;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy addresses compliance;
the <PS-01_ODP[03] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> personnel security policy is consistent with applicable laws, Executive Orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines;
the <PS-01_ODP[04] official> is designated to manage the development, documentation, and dissemination of the personnel security policy and procedures;
the current personnel security policy is reviewed and updated <PS-01_ODP[05] frequency>;
the current personnel security policy is reviewed and updated following <PS-01_ODP[06] events>;
the current personnel security procedures are reviewed and updated <PS-01_ODP[07] frequency>;
the current personnel security procedures are reviewed and updated following <PS-01_ODP[08] events>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Personnel security policy; personnel security procedures; system security plan; privacy plan; risk management strategy documentation; audit findings; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with personnel security responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Overlays

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

HIGH

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PS-1. This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.