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CYBERSECURITY

Francis Scialabba

In February 2025, Katelyn Halbert, market intelligence manager at deepfake-detection company Pindrop, noticed that an interviewee on a video call seemed a bit off. Their answers were not only vague, but delayed by a few seconds. While Halbert is no stranger to a nervous job candidate, she noticed the interviewee’s lip movements weren’t syncing to the audio—and that was enough to make her go straight to her team’s chief people officer and VP of research.

“That first moment, I was very taken aback and honestly intimidated,” Halbert told us.

Halbert’s candidate didn’t land the gig, but the interview made her realize that HR needs to be aware of the tech-aided tactics that fake IT candidates will employ during interviews. These days, finding the right person for the job—and a real person for the job—can require some collaboration between HR and cybersecurity teams.

How HR can help cyber teams, and vice versa.—BH

☕ HR + cybersecurity = ?