Control 3.2.2

★What This Means in Plain English

People with specific security roles (system admins, security officers, incident responders) need specialized training beyond general awareness. They must be trained on the specific tools, processes, and procedures they are responsible for.

✓How Petronella Implements This Control

Petronella Technology Group implements this control through:

• Specialized training for IT staff on Sophos XDR, Arctic Wolf SIEM, and CrowdStrike Falcon administration
• CMMC-RP certification maintained by all team members (Craig Petronella, Blake Rea, Justin Summers, Jonathan Wood)
• Incident response tabletop exercises conducted quarterly for the security team
• Vendor-specific certification programs for firewall, endpoint, and cloud security tools
• ComplianceArmor tracking role-based training requirements and completion status

🔎Assessment Guidance

Assessors will verify that personnel with security responsibilities have received role-specific training, review certifications and training records, check that training is refreshed when roles change or new systems are deployed, and confirm training content matches assigned duties.

⚠Common Implementation Gaps

• IT staff managing security tools without vendor training
• No role-based training plan defining requirements per position
• Training not updated when new security tools are deployed
• Security responsibilities assigned without corresponding training
• No documentation linking roles to required training

⇄Cross-Framework Mapping