PR-09—National Security Clearance

>Control Description

Organization conducts screening and rescreening of authorized personnel for roles that require national security clearances. For national security clearances; a reinvestigation is required during the 5th year for top secret security clearance, the 10th year for secret security clearance, and 15th year for confidential security clearance. In addition, for law enforcement and high impact public trust level, a reinvestigation is required during the 5th year.

Theme

Process

Type

Preventive

Policy/Standard

Human Resource Policy

>Implementation Guidance

1. Document and maintain a process on screening/rescreening or vetting of employees that need national security clearances. 2. Ensure list of roles requiring national security clearances is reviewed and kept up-to-date. 3. Ensure that screening and rescreening of authorized personnel are conducted for roles that require national security clearances. 4. For national security clearances, ensure that rescreening is conducted for the following: • 5th year for top secret security clearance • 10th year for secret security clearance • 15th year for confidential security clearance 5. For law enforcement an high impact public trust level, ensure that an reinvestigation is conducted during the 5th year

>Testing Procedure

1. Inspect relevant documentation and validate that a process on screening/rescreening or vetting of employees that need national security clearances is established. 2. Validate whether a list of roles requiring national security clearances is reviewed and kept up-to-date. 3. Validate for a sample employee requiring National Security Clearance that screening and rescreening was conducted. 4. For sample national security clearances, validate that rescreening was conducted for the following: • 5th year for top secret security clearance • 10th year for secret security clearance • 15th year for confidential security clearance 5. For sample law enforcement and high impact public trust level security clearance, validate that a reinvestigation was conducted during the 5th year.