Candidate fraud is no longer limited to embellished resumes or a bad interview. Organized operators are using fake, stolen, and substituted identities to move through hiring processes and gain access to company systems, sensitive data, and payroll.

These attacks exploit the gaps between recruiting, security, and IT, where each team sees only part of the candidate journey. A successful placement can create financial, operational, security, and compliance consequences long after the interview is over.

Candidate Fraud 101 gives those teams a shared foundation for understanding who is behind these campaigns, how their tactics work, where familiar screening breaks down, and what to do before access is granted.

Download this guide to:

• Understand the actors, incentives, and conditions driving modern candidate fraud.
• Recognize the identity, interview, and access tactics used across the hiring funnel.
• Assess the security, financial, operational, and compliance impact of a successful placement.
• Build a coordinated response across recruiting, security, and IT before access is granted.