Foreign National (FN) Administrative Controls - Proper Investigation and Clearance for Access to Classified Systems and/or Information Assurance (IA) Positions of Trust

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-31264	FN-05.01.01	SV-41506r2_rule	DCSD-1 ECAN-1 PECF-1 PECF-2 PRAS-1 PRAS-2 PRNK-1	High

Description
Failure to validate that FN partners or employees have the required security clearance levels for access to classified systems and/or the proper level of background investigation for IA Positions of Trust could result in untrustworthy Foreign Nationals having access to classified or sensitive US systems. In situations where they have been assigned to IA positions of trust this consideration becomes even more critical as they could adversely impact the CIA of the systems, possibly without being easily discovered.

Description

Failure to validate that FN partners or employees have the required security clearance levels for access to classified systems and/or the proper level of background investigation for IA Positions of Trust could result in untrustworthy Foreign Nationals having access to classified or sensitive US systems. In situations where they have been assigned to IA positions of trust this consideration becomes even more critical as they could adversely impact the CIA of the systems, possibly without being easily discovered.

STIG	Date
Traditional Security	2013-07-11

Details

Check Text ( C-39987r3_chk )
Check that all foreign national partners or FN employees with SIPRNet access (or if applicable a classified Coalition System in the US Partition) have the proper investigation and clearance level required for their classified system access or IA position of trust. Normally this will be accomplished by reciprocally accepting the partner Country equivalent security clearance. TACTICAL ENVIRONMENT: This check is applicable where REL partners/LN/FN are employed in a tactical environment with access to classified US Systems or Coalition Systems.

Check Text ( C-39987r3_chk )

Check that all foreign national partners or FN employees with SIPRNet access (or if applicable a classified Coalition System in the US Partition) have the proper investigation and clearance level required for their classified system access or IA position of trust. Normally this will be accomplished by reciprocally accepting the partner Country equivalent security clearance.

TACTICAL ENVIRONMENT: This check is applicable where REL partners/LN/FN are employed in a tactical environment with access to classified US Systems or Coalition Systems.

Fix Text (F-35159r2_fix)
All foreign national (FN) partners or FN employees with SIPRNet access (or if applicable a classified Coalition System in the US Partition) must have the proper investigation and clearance level required for their level of classified system access or IA position of trust. Normally this will be accomplished by reciprocally accepting the partner Country equivalent security clearance.