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Guidance

Government baseline personnel security standard

From:

Cabinet
Office, National
security and intelligence and Government
Security Profession

First published:

1 April 2014

Part of:

Government
security and Emergency
planning

Guidance on the pre-employment screening of civil servants, members of the
armed forces, temporary staff and government contractors.

Document

Government
baseline personnel security standard, April 2014

PDF, 763KB, 48 pages

Detail

This publication describes the pre-employment controls for all civil
servants, members of the armed forces, temporary staff and government
contractors generally. It also underpins national security vetting.

These personnel security controls must be applied to people who, in the
course of their work, has access to government assets. Every effort must be made
to complete the baseline personnel security standard, but where it cannot be
applied this must be risk managed and the details recorded for audit
purposes.

Published:

1 April
2014

From:

Cabinet
Office

National
security and intelligence

Government
Security Profession

Part of:

Government
security

Emergency
planning

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