Why human risk management is critical for businesses
Fraud, insider threats, and data misuse are among the most common causes of serious security incidents. At the same time, regulatory requirements are continuously increasing, from data protection and compliance to industry-specific regulations. Human risk management enables organizations to systematically identify, assess, and manage these risks. This creates stronger security and a solid foundation for regulatory compliance and trust.
Human Risk Management frameworks for compliance and regulatory requirements
Validato has developed human risk frameworks together with companies across various industries to systematically and efficiently meet regulatory requirements. Our approaches combine structured screening processes with individual risk assessments and integrate seamlessly into existing compliance and security frameworks. This enables organizations to reliably implement regulatory requirements while strengthening transparency and security in a sustainable way.
The identification, assessment, and minimization of risks that may arise from human behavior and decisions within an organization. It aims to reduce the likelihood and impact of errors, unethical behavior, or other risky actions that could threaten the company.
Effective Human Risk Management strengthens your organization's resilience. Errors, unethical behavior, or impulsive decisions can have serious consequences such as financial losses, reputational damage, and security risks. Through a structured approach, you gain security, integrity, and trust from customers, partners, and employees by identifying and minimizing risks early on.
We provide consulting and tailored solutions, including screenings and support in hiring decisions, to identify and mitigate behavioral risks early. With our expertise, we optimize your hiring processes and ensure compliance with standards, strengthening your organization’s integrity and resilience.
Human Risk Management as a collaborative project:
Benefit from the extensive experience of our Human Risk Managers and set up your system together with Validato. From conducting analyses to providing recommendations on hiring decisions when necessary.
Your corporate structure as the foundation
Based on your organizational chart and specific company risks, we support you in creating a tailored Human Risk Framework that seamlessly integrates into your existing systems. Our approach is designed to align smoothly with certification requirements and strengthen your compliance standards. Together, we ensure that potential risks are identified and stopped early, before they impact your business.
Risk identification
Making risks visible
With our experience, we help you quickly identify the risks present in your business and assess them together with you.
Risk Assessment
Making risks measurable
Analysis and assessment of job positions in the organization and service providers and their exposure to human risks.
Risk Matrix
Classify risks by probability and impact
The collected information is analyzed in a risk matrix – risks in job positions, likelihood of occurrence, and extent of damage are evaluated in relation to each other.
Risk Framework
Your guide to risk mitigation
The Human Risk Framework is the result of the project, clearly defining the steps necessary to implement and sustain an effective human risk management system over the long term.
Your framework is in place, what’s next?
To minimize human risk, the framework is only the beginning. Work with us to develop the following key cornerstones, simplifying the work of your HR department and enhancing your company's resilience.
Creating Rule Sets
With the framework as a foundation, policies are established to help you reduce human risks. You decide how minimal the risks should be and which actions are necessary to achieve this.
Hiring Practices
We support you, if needed, in establishing clear hiring practices. This includes decisions on whether external candidates may fill certain positions and whether the work takes place in the office or from home.
Your policies, our background checks
Based on your policies, we define the scope of screenings together. This ensures that the background checks comply with your guidelines and that the highest integrity of defined positions is maintained both before and during employment.
Results Analysis
Our screening reports are consolidated and easy to understand. We train your staff to evaluate these reports, and if needed, you can consult your Human Risk Consultant at Validato for analysis with just one click.
Screenings based on your policy
If you have developed the policy in collaboration with us, you can initiate screenings directly from our platform based on positions or job descriptions. This greatly simplifies your HR's work, as we can set up various screening scopes in our system according to your preferences!
Define the scope of screening
Selection of screening scope according to your policies
Start background check - With the implemented framework, your employees can directly select the necessary integrity check. Upon request, our system automatically provides the appropriate screening scopes for each of your positions.
Integrity check
Screening according to your rules
Pre-Employment or In-Employment Check - The screenings are tailored to your rulesets, ensuring seamless compliance with your policies – even for regulators and auditors.
Result Analysis
Analysis and Conclusion
Evaluate results - You have been trained by our Human Risk Consultants in result analysis and know exactly how to evaluate a report.
Additional Expertise
Request a second opinion with one click
Request expert opinion - You can easily involve your Human Risk Consultant from Validato in individual cases with potentially critical or unclear results within our tool, to request a second opinion.
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