Why A Background Check May Miss Your Applicant's Skeletons
In to day's job market, competition is fierce. It is estimated that about half of the job seekers are embellishing their resumes in the hopes of landing a job. This practice could be an attempt to keep the skeletons in their closets hidden, and overlooking them could be detrimental to your company. The prevalence of pre-employment screening practices may lull HR professionals into thinking they are immune to being negatively affected by new hires. The truth is that key pieces of the applicant's background could still be overlooked. Here are a few ways that those skeletons could be missed during the screening process... Visit our blog by clicking here or clicking the link at the top of this newsletter for the rest of this article. Check back often for the most up to date industry information!
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Compliance Corner - Multi-Factor Authentication
Why is Security So Important? There are a number of reasons for this: - It is the right thing to do.
- There are various legal requirements and regulations in the US and the World as a whole
- Various Industry Certifications - National Association of Professional Background Screeners has best practices on how to handle this type of information.
What are we Protecting? - Personal Identifiable Information (PII) - such as name, date of birth, SSN, address (if obtained by other people it could lead to identity theft)
- Public Records - includes criminal records, motor vehicle records, education and employment - most of these records could contain some information revealing someone's identity.
- Credit Data - depending on your company you may have access to this.
Issues to Address? Breaches - many security measures can be put in place to prevent breaches. What are our Options? Implement Multi-Factor Authentication Authentication methods that depend on more than 1 factor are more difficult to compromise than single factor methods. One or more of the following methods need to be employed to authenticate all users.
- Something you know, such as a password or passphrase
- Something you have, such as a token device or smart card
- Something you are, such as a biometric
Two factor authentication requires that 2 of the 3 authentication methods be used for authentication. Data Facts will assign a unique ID and password for each user and users computer or device that is verified using a cookie stored during authentication.
What are the Benefits of Multi-Factor Authentication?
- To the User: Easy to use, increase confidence
- To the Employer: Meet Security Requirements
- To Data Facts: Control, Audit and Track
Data Facts will implement the Multi-Factor Authentication for all clients by December 31, 2011. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Johnna Leeds at johnna@datafacts.com or Damon Pike at damon@datafacts.com.
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