In the wake of Jack Texteria’s leak of classified CIA documents on the war in Ukraine, many are starting to criticize the security clearance process that we know today. While personnel vetting has gone through some major overhauls in the last couple of years to manage the cleared candidate pool and the backlog high we saw in the late 2010s, the process is not perfect – nor probably will it ever be due to changing norms, advances in tech and along with our topic today – social media.
Companies have long been using social media as a part of the hiring process. Prospective candidates’ digital personas are checked up on by hiring managers, and some applicant tracking systems automatically link social media presences with candidates. Recently, the UK requires all K-12 publicly funded teaching applicants to undergo a screening, along with California signing into law that all police officers are required to, as well.
Today we're joined by Darrin Lipscomb who is the CEO at Ferretly, an AI-Powered social media background screening software. If private companies or individuals can collect this information online, then it would stand to reason that the government should be able to leverage this same information to create a more complete picture of who you are to see if there are any red flags or determine your level of trustworthiness to protect national security. Listen in on our discussion on this topic.
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