It’s Getting Close To Prom Night

… and wouldn’t you like to be able to run a few background checks on your children’s friends before they go out on the big night, and possibly party hard?  Well, we’d love to offer you that service because we would probably make much money at it … but we don’t do that, and legally [...]

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Spies in the grid

This is both a “found in the news” and a “FYI” post.  The article mentioned is a little technical, so if you are a reader in your company forward it to your I.t. or Tech guys.
Click Here for an article from KDKA Pittsburgh based on information from some former National Security Officials about outside hackers [...]

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Where are YOU found? Possibly in the EU.

Did you ever wonder where “you” are found?  I’m not talking about you physically – I’m talking about your personal information?
There are many urban legends about how the government and Internet providers capture your e-mails and such on their systems for later use without your consent.  Does this actually happen – to some level, yes [...]

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Most Wanted – Are You On This List?

Click Here for an interesting link. It’s the FBI’s Most Wanted page. It feature criminal celebrities that have made the top ten most wanted, terrorists lists, crime alerts, and featured fugitives. For those with criminology, it can be a treasure trove of information.
For businesses, it can be very useful. Have you [...]

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Employees that surf the net …

… may not be as bad as you thought.
In an article on our main corporate blog (Click Here to read it) we highlight a report from the University of Melbourne that indicates that employees surfing the net may actually be your more productive employees.  Now, you still need to keep them away from sites MySpace, [...]

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Conficker Worm Virus Update

As far as our systems (and other IT managers in companies I have kept in touch with on the issue) there has not been much activity on the “April Fools” virus/worm.  We are still keeping with the additional security protocols added temporarity.
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Click Here for a good timeline up to now posted in an article from [...]

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It’s April Fools Virus Time!

It’s that time of the year again ….. for jokes, and unfortunately viruses. Some are serious and some are not, but precaution prevents them all – not software. In the light many viruses that will show on April 1st, the main one being the Conficker Worm. Click Here for a current article [...]

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Your Credit Report and Getting Hired

Most people are not aware or even consider that their credit report might be used (and yes, not in ways allowed by regulation) to determine whether they are  hired or not.  A new article from Corporate Investigations Inc. – Using Credit Reports to Make Hiring Decisions – gives insight for employers and individuals on how credit [...]

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Senate Introduces Bill to Establish Nationwide Background Checks for Long-Term Care Providers

Recently members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill to provide FBI fingerprint checks for volunteers and/or employees who work in youth-serving industries (Click Here for our CII reference article).  In a related move, Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have re-introduced a bill to establish a nationwide system for conducting [...]

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Questioning the importance of a background check

… and why we ask for the information we do.
Working for a screening company I constanlty hear our investigators explaining to applicanants why they need the information they request.  This day in age it is expected that people might be a little hesitant on giving the personal info, or be under the impression that enough information is present [...]

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