IT companies tighten employee background checks to curb terrorism

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 18 September 2008, 16:35 IST
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Bangalore: As the grip of terrorism tightens, IT companies resort to strict security measures to secure them. Moreover, techies being noted for their involvement in all terrorism activities make the firms adopt a stern process of complete background check of their employees. While there were measures ensuring security of the firm the trend of continuous blasts and the threat calls, makes them more alert. Earlier, many IT companies were lenient in ensuring a proper background check before hiring. But now they have become more careful. As reported by IT Examiner, an anonymous source of Wipro said, "We do enough background checks before hiring, and we also work with the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) on this." Nasscom in association with the National securities Depository has set up National Skills Registry (NSR) body to record a centralized database of employees of IT and BPO firms, to verify an employee's identification through background checks. Many IT companies such as Accenture, Dell, Genpact, HCL-BPO, HP, i-flex, Infosys, Mphasis, Satyam, TCS, Wipro and Zensar have signed up for the registry. Apart from these normal precautions, there is also an inclination towards insurance policy covering terrorism. "The terrorism policy is an add-on cover which can be taken with the fire insurance policy cover." said Parimal Shah, a fire insurance surveyor, to Times of India. The rate of preference for the terrorism clause can be seen in the words of an insurance official who says, "The common terrorism pool today has over 1, 000 crore and is set to touch 2, 000 crore in a few year."

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