The Security Watchdog Service Offering

The Security Watchdog established in 1998 in order to fulfill growing demand to outsource background checks to a best practice provider.

We are now recognised as the EMEA and international industry leader and subject matter expert in all areas of Pre-employment Screening. We provide innovative screening solutions tailored to the individual needs of each client, ensuring the lowest level of risk while continually improving the candidate experience.

Our service delivery is designed to expertly process multiple candidate checks simultaneously, which reduces both lead times and cost to the client without sacrificing on performance.

The Security Watchdog joined Capita in 2012 and is proud to be part of to a FTSE100 organisation.

The opportunities, synergies and investment provided by Capita allow us to widely increase and enhance our operations as the EMEA market leader in every aspect of employment screening, compliance services and consultancy.



Our business operates 2 cores services:

The Screening Bureau provides every available employment screening service for approximately 150 household names across all business sectors. Our impressive client base includes over 10% of the FTSE100


The Advisory Bureau has over 20 years of international screening and vetting best-practice experience. As subject matter experts, we are fully equipped to expertly review your pre-employment screening and background checking practices and can assist you in best-practice screening.