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HRS-14.1: Communicating Authorized Work Locations

HRS 8 — High Protect

Mechanisms exist to communicate authorized work locations to organizational personnel.

Control Question: Does the organization communicate authorized work locations to organizational personnel?

EMEA (1)
Framework Mapping Values
EMEA UK DEFSTAN 05-138 2311

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

There is no evidence of a capability to communicate authorized work locations to organizational personnel.

Level 1 — Performed Informally

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to communicate authorized work locations to organizational personnel.

Level 2 — Planned & Tracked

Human Resources Security (HRS) efforts are requirements-driven and governed at a local/regional level, but are not consistent across the organization. CMM Level 2 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist: o Ensures industry-recognized HR practices are implemented for hiring, managing, training, investigating and terminating employees, contractors and other personnel that work on behalf of the organization. o Defines terms of employment, including acceptable and unacceptable rules of behavior for the use of technologies, including consequences for unacceptable behavior.

  • Personnel management is decentralized (e.g., a localized/regionalized function) and uses non-standardized methods to implement secure, resilient and compliant practices.
  • IT/cybersecurity personnel identify cybersecurity and data protection controls that are appropriate to address applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements for personnel management.
  • The Human Resources (HR) department:
  • The responsibility for training users and enforcing policies being assigned to user’s immediate supervisor(s)/manager(s), including the definition and enforcement of the user’s specific role(s) and responsibilities.
  • Personnel managers ensure personnel are routinely made aware of the organization's cybersecurity / data privacy policies and provide acknowledgement.
  • Administrative processes require all employees and contractors to apply cybersecurity and data privacy principles in their daily work.
  • The HR department, in conjunction with IT personnel performs succession planning for vital cybersecurity and data privacy roles.
Level 3 — Well Defined

Human Resources Security (HRS) efforts are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist: o Ensures industry-recognized HR practices are implemented for hiring, managing, training, investigating and terminating employees, contractors and other personnel that work on behalf of the organization. o Ensures that every user accessing a system that processes, stores, or transmits sensitive/regulated data is cleared and regularly trained in proper data handling practices. o Identifies and implements industry-recognized HR practices related to cybersecurity and data privacy training and awareness to help ensure secure practices are implemented in personnel operations to help manage risk to both technology assets and data. o Manages personnel security risk by assigning a risk designation to all positions and establishing screening criteria for individuals filling those positions.

  • The Human Resources (HR) department:
  • Administrative processes require Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) or similar confidentiality agreements that reflect the needs to protect data and operational details, for both employees and third-parties.
  • The HR department, in conjunction with cybersecurity personnel, performs succession planning for vital cybersecurity and data privacy roles.
Level 4 — Quantitatively Controlled

See C|P-CMM3. There are no defined C|P-CMM4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to communicate authorized work locations to organizational personnel.

Level 5 — Continuously Improving

See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to communicate authorized work locations to organizational personnel.

Assessment Objectives

  1. HRS-14.1_A01 authorized working locations are communicated to personnel.

Technology Recommendations

Medium

  • Vital staff succession plans

Large

  • Vital staff succession plans

Enterprise

  • Vital staff succession plans

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