Personnel Management
Learn more about employee compliance, devices, and the Drata Agent
34 articles
Personnel Compliance
Guidance on tracking and maintaining employee compliance requirements.
Are Contractors in Scope for my Audit?
Personnel: who should be accounted for in terms of your audit?
Employee Onboarding
Steps and resources to onboard new employees into Drata.
Background Check ManagementHow to use Drata's Background Check Management table to link users to their personal background checks performed before hiring
Certn Background Check PackagesAdditional information to help choose the right background check package for your employees
Future Hire Personnel (New Experience)Track future employees in Drata without impacting compliance by using Future Hire status based on start dates.
Manually link proof of a background check (New Experience)Manually link or upload background check evidence for employees in Drata when using a non-integrated provider.
Employee Offboarding
Processes to ensure compliance when employees leave your organization.
Personnel OffboardingThis article explains how to provide evidence for offboarded personnel.
Offboarding Checklist GuidanceThis article provides a checklist for an effective offboarding process.
Device Compliance
Instructions for monitoring and managing employee device compliance.
How to Handle Device Compliance for Chromebooks
How do Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Devices Affect my Audit?
Manual evidence uploads for personnel compliance checksEmployees have the option to load manual evidence if not using the Drata Agent
Installing and Using a Password ManagerPassword managers like 1Password, LastPass, and others should be used.
Configuring Automatic Updates on your ComputerAuto-updates on your computer
Encrypting your Computer's Hard DriveHow to ensure your hard disk is encrypted
Configure your computer for installing Anti-Virus SoftwareProtect your system from malware (Test: Malware Detection Software Installed – Test 64)
Auto-Lock your Workstation with ScreensaverConfiguring your workstation to auto-lock (and require a password) when the screensaver activates
Multi-Device SupportThis article explains how Drata handles multiple Devices per user.
Multiple MDM SupportThis article explains how Drata handles multiple MDMs
Drata Agent
Information and support for installing and using the Drata Agent.
How does the Drata agent work?Once installed, how does the Drata agent work on your computer?
Drata Agent not reporting system updatesIf you or your employee has made changes to their system (to meet requirements) and aren't seeing them report back to Drata
Computer Configuration via Windows OS
Computer Configuration via Ubuntu Linux
Drata Agent Installation LinkThis article covers how to access Drata Agent directly when the Agent option is disabled.
Drata Agent v3.8.0 EnhancementsDrata Agent v3.8.0 includes new security, UI, and data updates. You can also learn more about the previous version 3.6.1 here.
Install the Drata Agent (New Experience)Learn how to install and verify the Drata Agent to report device security settings during employee onboarding.
Multi-Device Support (New Experience)Learn how Drata supports multiple devices per user, how devices are tracked, and how compliance responsibility is managed.