As artificial intelligence takes over screening job applications and even conducting interviews, South Korea’s HR technology firms are stepping up information security.
Muhayu, an AI recruitment solutions provider, manages applicant data based on the Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification and international information security standards, industry sources said on the 5th.
Muhayu operates Prism, an AI document screening solution, and Monster, an AI interview and competency assessment solution. The company restricts access rights and encrypts data according to the characteristics of each service. It has also appointed a chief information security officer (CISO) to analyze security vulnerabilities and respond to breaches.
Midas IN, which operates the AI recruitment agent H.dot alongside other hiring solutions, maintains both ISMS and Cloud Security Assurance Program (CSAP) certifications. The company encrypts personal information and applies masking to conceal certain data. Job platforms JobKorea and Saramin maintain ISMS-P certification, which covers both information security and personal data protection.
The push behind these efforts is the spread of AI in hiring. Security concerns have grown as AI handles increasingly sensitive information during the recruitment process. According to a survey by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Employment Information Service, 86.7% of the country’s 500 largest companies by revenue used AI in human resources work last year.
AI document screening analyzes the full text of cover letters, while AI interviews use applicants’ facial and voice data. In applicant tracking systems (ATS), multiple evaluators view and share resumes. Such systems also store information on potential candidates who have not applied for a job. Companies are moving preemptively and obtaining certifications to prevent data leaks.
“As the sensitivity of applicant data handled in AI-driven hiring has risen, it has become important to verify the security reliability of a solution from the initial adoption stage,” an industry official said.
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Original reporting by Kim Ji-won for Seoul Economic Daily.
AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.
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