Trusted Workforce Assurance In Australia For Non-Citizen Offshore Applicants In Critical Infrastructure Sectors

Workforce assurance is now a strategic security capability for Australia’s critical infrastructure sectors.In this episode, we explore how organisations can build defensible workforce assurance for non-citizen offshore applicants whose personal, professional, and behavioural history may sit largely outside Australian systems.We examine why traditional, point-in-time background checking alone cannot provide sufficient assurance in this context, and why a trusted workforce assurance model must be risk-led, role-based, and supported by layered corroboration and ongoing suitability monitoring.This discussion is relevant for boards, executives, security, risk, HR, and governance professionals responsible for roles with access to critical systems, data, and operations.Presented by Tim Slattery and Marina Shteinberg, Pentagram Advisory.