Background checks

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Background checks are used to verify that a person is who they claim to be. They can help ensure that someone in your network isn't an infiltrator, informant, or otherwise lying about their identity for malicious reasons.

Performing a background check on someone may involve:

We recommend two different approaches to background checks:

For more information on background checks, see Confidence, Courage, Connection, Trust.

Techniques addressed by this mitigation

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Infiltrators

You can perform background checks to help ensure that someone in your network is not an infiltrator.

Informants

You can perform background checks to help ensure that someone in your network is not an informant.