There is peace of mind in knowing who you are dealing with

Know who you are dealing with, says Afiswitch managing director Pine Pienaar, speaking about safety in your small business and how you should always be aware of who you are dealing with.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs lists safety as the second-most important and fundamental basic need in his theory of human motivation. Yet this very basic human need is compromised daily on a global scale.

Living in what can be considered a “high crime” country has meant that over the years, we have become fixated on security. However, we are placing some safety needs in the hands of others. Therefore, we must go to great lengths to ensure that we know who we are dealing with – and not just place our trust in others for our safety, based on the information or documentation they may present.

In business this sentiment is true for any employee. Taking people at face value offers no basic security at all.

Biometric solutions for the purpose of identity verification enables anyone – be it a consumer or business – to accurately identity and importantly verify who they are dealing with.

Such solutions can, in real-time, through the means of background screening, tell you the following information concerning the individual:

If their identification, passport or documentation is authentic If their qualification is valid If they have a previous criminal record or a case awaiting trial

This form of due diligence must be applied across all areas of our daily lives.

It is therefore important to investigate what biometric-based background and verification checks are available to you, to ensure that you know who you are dealing with.