Securing your organization by use of Psychometric Testing

Most companies use psychometric testing today as a tool to recruit the right person with the right skills and attitude for the job. The tools used for psychometric testing are reliable, mostly computerized, secure and it is generally not possible to fiddle with them to get a job.

The test results are systematically scored against well researched and authenticated models to make sure there is a fool proof testing and assessment. 

The psychometric tools available today balance the questions against each other to ensure that the interpretation is accurate in assessing the test takers psychological attributes and personality. 

The most popular method is to use two type of questions, the first type measures the candidates characteristics relative to each other while the second type measures the candidates profile in the given business. 

In the light of maturity in psychometric assessment the time has come for organizations to also access the candidates attitude to information security of the organization. Psychometric testing must be able to assess the candidates attitude to integrity, loyalty and honesty by adding this to the existing questionnaire.

This approach will ensure in the long term that Business stop a Snowden from entering the organization and thus ensure continuity of compliance, ethics and integrity in their organization.

Identify the fault lines before they bring your organization to a standstill!

The employee has been the weakest link in the security of the organization and psychometric testing gives the organization the chance to be proactive in stopping unwanted rogue employees from entering the organization and proving to be a threat to the business.

It is time organizations started administering psychometric testing to evaluate the integrity, honesty and ethics of the employees in its organizations and this must include all existing employees and also new recruits.

Psychometric testing has been successfully used in Latin America to lend to the poorest of the poor for establishing a credit score based on the borrowers psychological profile to access the intent to return the money borrowed. The success of this has been encouraging and can the details can be found in various micro-finance journals. 

In an ungrateful and dangerous world psychometric  testing for information security will ensure that your organization is secure and your colleagues have been rated by a standard psychological evaluation about their integrity.