NIST SP 800-53 PS-8 Personnel Sanctions | Security Control Explorer

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Organizational sanctions reflect applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines. Sanctions processes are described in access agreements and can be included as part of general personnel policies for organizations and/or specified in security and privacy policies. Organizations consult with the Office of the General Counsel regarding matters of employee sanctions.

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-8 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 be notified when a formal employee sanctions process is initiated is/are defined;
the time period within which organization-defined personnel or roles must be notified when a formal employee sanctions process is initiated is defined;
a formal sanctions process is employed for individuals failing to comply with established information security and privacy policies and procedures;
<PS-08_ODP[01] personnel or roles> is/are notified within <PS-08_ODP[02] time period> when a formal employee sanctions process is initiated, identifying the individual sanctioned and the reason for the sanction.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Personnel security policy; personnel security procedures; procedures addressing personnel sanctions; access agreements (including non-disclosure agreements, acceptable use agreements, rules of behavior, and conflict-of-interest agreements); list of personnel or roles to be notified of formal employee sanctions; records or notifications of formal employee sanctions; system security plan; privacy plan; personally identifiable information processing policy; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with personnel security responsibilities; legal counsel; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for managing formal employee sanctions; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing formal employee sanctions notifications].

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-8. 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.

Policy

Personnel security policy
system security plan
privacy plan
personally identifiable information processing policy

Testing

Organizational processes for managing formal employee sanctions
mechanisms supporting and/or implementing formal employee sanctions notifications

Other Records

personnel security procedures
procedures addressing personnel sanctions
access agreements (including non-disclosure agreements, acceptable use agreements, rules of behavior, and conflict-of-interest agreements)
list of personnel or roles to be notified of formal employee sanctions
records or notifications of formal employee sanctions
other relevant documents or records