How secure will the data be, could it be accessed by our competitors?

The data will be hosted on a secure site to government standards of “Restricted” and company users within each organisation will require Baseline Personnel Standard Security Clearance in addition to a security token to access “many” records securely.  

 t is noted that one of the main benefits of the Skills Passport IT Platform is to act as a shared system that enables ease of transferability across the sector, hence avoiding repeat training.  For this reason, the “gatekeeper” user within the Skills Passport can view training records for all individuals in the sector, if presented with their unique identification but not any personal information relating to that individual. 

It is also noted that each employer can chose which training records they wish to be viewable to the SLC gatekeeper/contracts manager, for example, an employer would be advised to share all records where there is an agreed industry standard to avoid the requirement for repeat training. 

Your competitors, will not be able to access information on the staff within your organisation, unless you chose to share this information, for example, for a joint venture.