Automated enhanced background checks for digital infrastructure
Companies providing digital infrastructure are a central part of Europe’s critical infrastructure. With the introduction of the NIS2 and CER Directive, providers of essential digital services are subject to increased requirements for cybersecurity governance, risk management, and documentation. This places new demands on how companies manage personnel security for employees, contractors, suppliers, and business partners with access to critical systems, sensitive data, privileged accounts, or operational infrastructure. P-Secure manages the entire process digitally, from initial onboarding to ongoing re-checks, ensuring full traceability, audit-ready documentation, and compliance with the GDPR.
Compliance challenges in digital infrastructure
Digital infrastructure providers must ensure that employees, suppliers, and partners with access to critical systems, infrastructure, and sensitive data undergo appropriate background
checks. At the same time, documentation must be up to date, consistent, and readily available for internal controls, audits, regulatory dialogue, and customer due diligence.
The digital infrastructure sector is characterised by:
• Complex supply chains and outsourced operations
• Roles with privileged access to systems, networks, and data
• Cross-border operations and distributed infrastructure
• High dependency on external suppliers, consultants, and subcontractors
• A need for clear documentation of access, controls, and follow-up
• Increasing security and compliance requirements in tenders, procurement processes, and supplier assessments
This increases the risk of inconsistent processes, undocumented access, human error, and time-consuming administration related to screening, re-checks, and compliance documentation.
For providers entering public or private-sector bids, the ability to demonstrate structured personnel security, supplier screening, and audit-ready documentation can also strengthen pre-qualification, support tender responses, and provide a competitive advantage in securitysensitive procurement processes.
Useful features for digital infrastructure
P-Secure automates the verification of identity, CV, criminal records, and references, ensuring accurate and timely background checks while reducing the risk of human error.
ID and CV check
Automate ID verification and CV checks from verified public and official sources
Re-check
Easily schedule and complete periodic re-checks of employees, suppliers, and business partners.
Compliance
Document and demonstrate compliance with NIS2, CER, ISO2700, and internal requirements
Supplier screening
Secure the supply chain by conducting background checks on suppliers and partners with access to critical functions
Regulatory requirements and P-Secure’s recommendations
Requirements:
• Identity verification (CER Directive)
• Criminal record checks (CER Directive)
Security clearance:
Where roles require security clearance, P-Secure recommends conducting background checks aligned with the criteria for security clearance during the period leading up to its completion—thereby reducing risk during the waiting period.
Recommendations:
Based on practices in the energy sector (Executive Order no. 1075) and the logic of the CER Directive, P-Secure recommends the following for other personnel groups:
• Identity verification
• CV checks - typically covering at least five years, including documentation of gaps
• Criminal record checks• Business roles
This provides a comprehensive, risk-based decision-making framework that can be adapted to permanent employees, new hires, suppliers, and subcontractors. NIS2 and national requirements P-Secure supports compliance with the NIS2 Directive on the security of network and information systems, which sets requirements for how digital infrastructure companies manage personnel security and risks across operations and supply chains.
With P-Secure, companies within digital infrastructure gain a solution that consolidates personnel security, documentation, and compliance into a single platform.
The need for modern background screening
Implement automated and compliant background checks
Requirements for security, documentation, and resilience in the digital infrastructure sector continue to increase. At the same time, organisations relying on manual or fragmented processes face growing pressure.
The benefits of automated background checks:
• Reduce administrative workload
• Shorten hiring processes
• Increase transparency and consistency
• Strengthen audit and internal controls
• Support ongoing compliance
Continuous compliance
More than a one-time background check
P-Secure is not just a tool for one-off background checks, but a platform for continuous compliance:
• Supports compliance with NIS2, CER, and internal security requirements
• Strengthens documentation in tenders, procurement processes, and supplier assessments
• Enables ongoing re-checks and follow-up when roles, access rights, or risk profiles change
• Supports screening of employees, suppliers, consultants, and subcontractors
