Has your organization integrated cybersecurity risk management into all phases of the employee lifecycle (screening, onboarding, role changes, and offboarding)?
Explanation
Integrating cybersecurity risk management into HR processes helps ensure security considerations are addressed throughout an employee's tenure. This includes conducting background checks during hiring, providing security training during onboarding, updating access privileges during role changes, and ensuring complete access revocation during offboarding. These practices help prevent insider threats, data breaches, and unauthorized access.
Evidence could include documented HR procedures that explicitly address security considerations at each stage of the employee lifecycle, access management workflows showing approval processes for granting/modifying/revoking access, and offboarding checklists that include security-related tasks such as account deactivation and equipment return.
Implementation Example
Integrate cybersecurity risk management considerations into human resources processes (e.g., personnel screening, onboarding, change notification, offboarding)
ID: GV.RR-04.045
Context
- Function
- GV: GOVERN
- Category
- GV.RR: Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities
- Sub-Category
- Cybersecurity is included in human resources practices
Related questions
- Have organizational leaders formally documented and agreed upon their specific roles and responsibilities for cybersecurity strategy development, implementation, and assessment?
- Does leadership actively communicate expectations for a secure and ethical culture, particularly leveraging current events as teaching opportunities?
- Does your organization have a comprehensive cybersecurity risk strategy that is reviewed and updated at least annually and after significant security events?
- Does your organization conduct regular reviews to verify that individuals responsible for managing cybersecurity risk have appropriate authority and coordination mechanisms?
- Has your organization documented risk management roles and responsibilities in a formal policy?
- Has your organization formally documented the roles and responsibilities for cybersecurity risk management, including RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) designations?

