+PS-02 Position Risk Designation

PS-02 Position Risk Designation

Control

  1. Assign a risk designation to all organizational positions;
  2. Establish screening criteria for individuals filling those positions; and
  3. Review and update position risk designations [Assignement: frequency].

Discussion

Position risk designations reflect Office of Personnel Management (OPM) policy and guidance. Proper position designation is the foundation of an effective and consistent suitability and personnel security program. The Position Designation System (PDS) assesses the duties and responsibilities of a position to determine the degree of potential damage to the efficiency or integrity of the service due to misconduct of an incumbent of a position and establishes the risk level of that position. The PDS assessment also determines if the duties and responsibilities of the position present the potential for position incumbents to bring about a material adverse effect on national security and the degree of that potential effect, which establishes the sensitivity level of a position. The results of the assessment determine what level of investigation is conducted for a position. Risk designations can guide and inform the types of authorizations that individuals receive when accessing organizational information and information systems. Position screening criteria include explicit information security role appointment requirements. Parts 1400 and 731 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, establish the requirements for organizations to evaluate relevant covered positions for a position sensitivity and position risk designation commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of those positions.

Assessment Objective

  1. a risk designation is assigned to all organizational positions;
  2. screening criteria are established for individuals filling organizational positions;
  3. position risk designations are reviewed and updated [Assignement: frequency].

Assessment Method

Examine

Personnel security policy procedures addressing position categorization appropriate codes of federal regulations list of risk designations for organizational positions records of position risk designation reviews and updates system security plan other relevant documents or records

Interview

Organizational personnel with personnel security responsibilities organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

1. Overview

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Regulations

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements

3. Related Regulations

Regulations

Linked Issues

Issuelinks
is blocked by PS-02 Position Risk Designation – Assessment Procedure
is blocked by Position Categorization
is blocked by Competency Requirements for Security, Compliance & Resilience-Related Positions
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