Screening
Role overview
Screening’s role is to align the screening processes (including vetting) with a risk-based approach to assure that incoming individuals (and any subsequent internal movers) have been appropriately assessed.
Role levels
Typical role expectations
- Conduct pre-employment and post-employment screenings in line with relevant regulation, policy, and standards
- Produce comprehensive reports on the outcome of screening procedures
- Support the implementation of a proportionate, multi-disciplinary approach to countering insider threats
- Contribute to creating and maintaining policies and procedures associated with the screening process
Typical role expectations
- Manage a team of screening professionals to deliver appropriate decisions in line with risk appetite and relevant regulation, policy, and standards
- Develop and design the implementation of a proportionate, multi-disciplinary approach to countering insider threats
- Manage corporate reviews after any significant incidents
- Lead on creating and maintaining policies and procedures associated with the screening process
Typical role expectations
- Manage a team of screening leads and their teams to deliver appropriate decisions in line with risk appetite and relevant regulation, policy, and standards
- Review and make decisions based on comprehensive reports on the outcome of screening procedures
- Lead the implementation of a proportionate, multi-disciplinary approach to countering insider threats
- Lead and provide oversight to cross-team corporate reviews after any significant incidents
Skills
| Skill | Associate | Lead | Principle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Personnel Security | Working | Practitioner | Expert |
| Risk understanding and mitigation | Working | Practitioner | Expert |
| Legal and regulatory environment and compliance | Awaareness | Working | Practitioner |
| Threat understanding | Awaareness | Working | Practitioner |
| Investigation interviewing | Awaareness | Working | Working |
| Protective security | Awaareness | Working | Working |
Core learning
Associate
Conducting Investigations
Risk Management for Non-Risk Professional
Giving Evidence in Employment Tribunals
Lead
SEC566: Implementing and Auditing Security Frameworks and Controls
NPSA – Security Culture
Risk Management for Non-Risk Professional
Principal
Certified ISO27001 Practitioner
QACSRM (Certified Security Risk Manager)
NPSA – Reducing Insider Risk