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People as a Cyber Risk: Why Human Risk Management Needs a New Approach

Cybersecurity technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated. At the same time, attackers are making greater use of social engineering, artificial intelligence and targeted employee manipulation. This raises a critical question for organisations: How can human risks be managed systematically, proportionately and based on actual risk?

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World Standards Day: What Global Standards Mean for Trust in a Borderless Workforce

Standards shape how the world does business, from shipping containers to payment terminals, but trust in people has lagged behind. Validato closes that gap every day, using background screening and human risk management to help companies verify who they hire, work with, and partner with worldwide.

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Art. 328b CO and the FADP: When Are Background Checks Permissible?

Background checks can help Swiss companies make better-informed hiring decisions. What matters, however, is not what can technically be checked, but what is relevant and proportionate for a specific role. Art. 328b CO and the FADP set clear guardrails for this – and make a risk-based approach the foundation of professional screening.

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Cross-Border Hiring: Background Checks for International Candidates

International recruiting broadens the talent pool – but makes background checks more complex. Swiss employers must maintain the link to the role and proportionality, even as relevant data comes from different countries. Registers, degrees and proof of employment are not always internationally comparable and require country-specific interpretation.

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Reference Check or Background Check: What's the Difference?

Reference checks and background checks are often lumped together in recruiting. Yet they answer different questions: references provide qualitative assessments of past collaboration, while background checks objectively verify facts. Combined correctly, both instruments create a better basis for decision-making – provided transparency and consent are in place.

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Managing International Background Checks Centrally: How Governance Succeeds

International groups need global standards – including for background checks. If every subsidiary uses its own processes, providers and verification packages, headquarters quickly loses transparency and control. Centralised screening management combines group-wide governance with locally adapted and legally permissible checks.

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Screening Cross-Border Commuters Correctly: Four Countries, Four Systems

Cross-border commuters are an important part of the workforce for many Swiss companies. When it comes to background checks, however, their geographic proximity to Switzerland must not be mistaken for identical data sources. Germany, Austria, France and Italy each have different registers, documents and access rules – and therefore require differentiated screening processes.

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How Long May Applicant Data Be Stored in Switzerland?

Application documents contain sensitive personal data and should not remain indefinitely in inboxes, local folders or recruiting systems. Swiss companies therefore need clear rules: what gets deleted after a rejection, what may remain in the talent pool, and which information belongs in the personnel file after a hire?

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International Background Checks: What Art. 16 FADP Requires

International background checks move personal data across national borders. For Swiss companies, the question is therefore not only which check is permissible and proportionate, but also where the data flows. Art. 16 FADP makes cross-border data transfer a central part of a professional screening process.

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Insights into Human Risk Management & Background Checks

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Our Blog

People as a Cyber Risk: Why Human Risk Management Needs a New Approach

World Standards Day: What Global Standards Mean for Trust in a Borderless Workforce

Art. 328b CO and the FADP: When Are Background Checks Permissible?

Cross-Border Hiring: Background Checks for International Candidates

Reference Check or Background Check: What's the Difference?

Managing International Background Checks Centrally: How Governance Succeeds

Screening Cross-Border Commuters Correctly: Four Countries, Four Systems

How Long May Applicant Data Be Stored in Switzerland?

International Background Checks: What Art. 16 FADP Requires

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