Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• PS-05a. the ongoing operational need for current logical and physical access authorizations to systems and facilities are reviewed and confirmed when individuals are reassigned or transferred to other positions within the organization;
• PS-05b. [Assignment: transfer or reassignment actions] are initiated within [Assignment: time period following the formal transfer action];
• PS-05c. access authorization is modified as needed to correspond with any changes in operational need due to reassignment or transfer;
• PS-05d. [Assignment: personnel or roles] are notified within [Assignment: time period].

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Personnel security policy
• procedures addressing personnel transfer
• records of personnel transfer actions
• list of system and facility access authorizations
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with personnel security responsibilities
• organizational personnel with account management responsibilities
• system/network administrators
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Test

• Organizational processes for personnel transfer
• mechanisms supporting and/or implementing personnel transfer notifications
• mechanisms for disabling system access/revoking authenticators

Linked Issues

• NIST -

  https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/53/r5/upd1/final