the twitter chat on 18th feb’16

Questions put forth fordeliberation during the chat

Q 1.Does your organization conduct identity verification of candidates?

Mostly, companies are not very wellaware of identityverification. But, rise in its awareness can be witnessed.

Q 2.What are the risks if identityof a candidate is not verified?

The primary risk is the wrong individual gets screened.Next is the risk that the individual with suspected identityhas entered your system and can cause untold harm to theorganisation

Q 3.Will conducting identityverification reduce the risks?

• Yes, undoubtedly identity verification will reduce risks. Identity verification must become mandatory to avoid social and workplace related threats like theft, embezzlement, violence, injury and harassment. It will help to know when identity related documents Like Aadhaar, PAN or passport are forged, doctored orstolen.

• It is a step to ensure individuals are who they claim to be.This first level identityverification is gaining importance as the on-demand companies are rising in India, .Companies cannot afford to compromise on their reputation or customers’ safety

The top tweets

• ‘Instant identity check can a game changer’- Ritu Tanwar

@tanwarrits

• ‘Fraud management and in turn it help to cut operational costs of bad

recruitment, avoid getting into financial andlegal risks’- Vinay Ravindran

@VinayRavindran1

• ‘Instant identity check can a game changer’- Ritu Tanwar

@tanwarrits

• ‘Fraud management and in turn it help to cut operational costs of bad recruitment,avoid getting into financial and legal risks’- Vinay Ravindran@VinayRavindran1

• ‘ID stays, but the ID gets stolen these days’- Brillian

@brilliansk

• Enterprise risk mitigation, preserving positive workculture’- Gurpreet Bajaj@_gbajaj

• ‘Minimize risk, identify issue before they become a problem, and ensure astrong tollgate’- Khalid Raza @khalidraza9

• ‘Purpose is to ensure we hire the face behind the identity and theidentity details linked to the face. Risks of proxy identity can causeharm. Genuine applicant can be saved if names are similar’- ManishPipalwa@pipalwa

• ‘ID stays, but the ID gets stolen these days’- Brillian @brilliansk• ‘Enterprise risk mitigation, preserving positive workculture’- Gurpreet Bajaj

@_gbajaj

• ‘Minimize risk, identify issue before they become a problem, and ensure astrong tollgate’- Khalid Raza @khalidraza9

• ‘Purpose is to ensure we hire the face behind the identity and theidentity details linked to the face. Risks of proxy identity can causeharm. Genuine applicant can be saved if names are similar’- ManishPipalwa@pipalwa

Related news on Identityfraud-http://www.thequint.com/india/2015/09/15/bengaluru-man-

impersonates-hyderabad-techie-and-gets-jobshttp://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/immigration-official-among-8-held-for-visa-

fraud/article8153235.ece

A few interesting case studies from the AuthBridge files. Take a quick sneakpeek:

• Stolen Identity-A former employee takes away his boss’s identity documentsand presents at the time of his employment, with the necessary tweaking in

it.http://www.authbridge.com/resource-center/case-studies/115-stolen-

identity.html

• Stepping into sisters shoes-A candidate was found out to be paradingwith her dead sister’s identity to have her hands on a good job.

http://www.authbridge.com/resource-center/case-studies/202-stepping-into-sisters-shoes.html

• A PR Release in HRKatha talked about AuthBridge’sinstant identity verification service as an instant, economical and reliable solution.http://www.hrkatha.com/news/549-authbridge-is-empaneled-to-conduct-aadhaar-and-pan-card-verification

• AuthBridge posted an article on LinkedIn, highlighting the alarming rise inidentity theft with the unprecedented rise in on-demand and sharingcompanies inIndia.https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-identity-theft-rising- alarming-rate-social- media?trk=hb_ntf_MEGAPHONE_ARTICLE_POST

• An authored article by Mr. Ajay Trehan was published in the Huffington post titled, “Know Your Delivery Guy:The Importance of Background Checks in an On-Demand Economy”.http://www.huffingtonpost.in/ajay-trehan/know-your-delivery-guy-th_b_9146892.html?utm_hp_ref=india

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