What Is Back Ground Verification & why it is critical
BGV has been a critical process and requirement for ages and a must for all kind of employment. Organisations follow their practices to conduct the same. Even in individual capacity when a house maid or servant is employed we conduct the same. But the article is focussing on BGV specially for IT Employees and why this has been so critical in this Pandemic and post pandemic era
Common Threats arising of new Normal process:
Based on the fact that in person interview has been put off for quite some time and we are forced to go for Web based talent acquisition and also deploying many work through outsourced resources it is of paramount importance a thorough due diligence done before offers rolled out. For organisations which use the out sourced resources for the critical system admin work or work related to SAP Basis management or Master data creation this becomes even more critical
in many cases we hire an organisation to perform these duties and many a time these resources are of temporary nature. BGV is a costly affair and needs certain investment and therefore many of us tend to put off the expense . In Indian parlance the understanding of Privacy is not well drilled in our partners mind and therefore in the process the risk increases.
A few common BGV checklists are recommended below to mitigate such risk
Identity check and verification :
Traditional method of checking the identity by connecting with the known reference ,certificates,Govt IDs provide Level 1 security .
verification of the digital footprint of the person through social networking /social engineering is required to understand the mindset
cross verification of photos with different Govt Records is necessary to ascertain the genuine candidate
cross question the candidate by different panel member and asking same question in different style helps to find out if some information is being hidden
Check of Education degrees, certification
in addition to normal check of the degrees from the institution following checks can also been performed
peer test: to find out the batches and batch mate and understand the performance as a student or any particular trait exhibited which may be harmful to the ethos of the organisation
certificates which are not from a regular or well known institute to ask for a credential check from those institution
Data Pilferage Habit
checking with legal record /Police record for any such cases
enquire from past employers if such tendency has been observed
cross check different site browsing history
check the social network contacts to find out if he is aligned with any such known criminals
checking dark net to ensure that the corresponding records are coroborated
asking random question to candidate to find out the mentality: involving a qualified councelor helps
Financial Fraud
cross check against published fraudster databases
legal record verification
Dark net search for classified information
Social Behaviour
enquiry with peers
reference check from Customers,Subordinates ,Peers and Superiors
Social Engineering check
Drug & Narcotics
Medical Test suitable for Drug Screening
Record checking from NCB data base
Social Network checking for affiliation with dubious agencies
The BGV is very specific to industry and organisation.There is no fit for all solution . But the awareness of employer for a suitable BGV Test based on the job profile in our IT Organisation and the credential allowed to handle is an important step and must be followed.
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