QUESTION 3

3. As the new head of department of your organisation, you overhead a discussion between two employees regarding the use of human resource information systems (HRIS). According to the first employee, The growing reliance on technology systems for completing human resource functions, has led to increasing concern over security breaches in employee personal information. The other employee disagrees with this view and argues that from the first recruitment of a potential employee to the final career ending exit process, strict confidentiality guidelines can be put in place when employing HRIS.

Your Task.

(a) Identify two (2 ) security breaches that can arise from the use of HRIS in an organization. (4marks)

(b) Discuss any four (4) guidelines the IHR manager can put in place to ensure employee data security and privacy.