A.6.1 Screening
A.6.1 in ISO 27001:2022 (ISO/IEC 27001:2022). All ISO 27001:2022 controls held. Open ISO 27001:2022 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
Screening. Every candidate who is to become personnel is to undergo background verification before joining and on a continuing basis, within applicable law, regulation and ethics, and in proportion to business needs, the classification of the information they will reach and the perceived risk. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): confirms personnel qualify for and fit their roles when appointed and for as long as they stay. As an Annex A reference control, it is compared with the controls determined in risk treatment (6.1.3 c) and recorded in the Statement of Applicability as included or excluded, with the justification and implementation status (6.1.3 d); implementation guidance is.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
ISO 27001:2013
- A.7.1.1 Screening (reviewed pair)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: People controls), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the background verification record and its decision
- the signed terms of employment or engagement
- the training completion record with dates
- the exit checklist and the return of assets