Does your organization have an active program that conducts reference checking on employees before they are hired? Ownership of the pre-employment vetting process does not often reside with the security function within the organization. Some companies outsource background checks to third party organizations to share the task. Many of these policies are impacted by legislation, and limitations can be imposed on the use of various vetting methods.
Within the security community itself, there continues to be a lot of discussion on just how thoroughly this is accomplished. From the HR side, there can be questions regarding which background elements are relevant to the roles being hired, as well as cost and time affiliated with the processes.