cFIRST Background Checks - Our Journey So Far

We started as a team of 20 people, more than 20 years back in a garage in Bangalore, is now a unit of 400+ passionate individuals who come together to achieve the dream Mr. Viral Vora had dreamt of 20+ years back. While Mr. Viral was in the United States of America, as an Engineering student, he learnt the anguish of companies and what they went through during the process of hiring and the repercussions of a wrong hire. 

Legal mitigations, loss of face and brand name, futile capital investment and cost to company as a part of the hiring process, combined with frustration made Mr. Viral reconsider how he was going to respond to a crisis of this nature. This was the point of germination for cFIRST Background Checks LLP, when Viral came back to India and established a tech unit in Bangalore in the year 2008. He soon moved to Ahmedabad and the headquarter of cFIRST was established with a very small team, which was soon joined by Ms. Lourdes Fernandes in 2012. Her vision to bring cFIRST on the global map aligned with the vision of Mr. Vora and together they took some major business decisions in the year 2013 that made cFIRST what it is today. cFIRST established their headquarter in the United States of America, in Cincinnati, Ohio, that is now one of the leading background check companies in the U.S.

cFIRST Background Checks takes pride in announcing that it has 2000+ clients from across the world now, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to cutting-edge start-ups, that continue to make difference in the world with their expertise including tech-giants such as IBM and Capgemini. Currently, cFIRST is the only Indian background screening company to have global footprint that can cater to clients in India, in the USA, and 175+ other countries.

cFIRST has also been awarded by one of the world’s largest companies as their ‘Trusted Verification Partner’ as the team continues to tread on the edge and make their mark every single day. They continue to dominate the global market with their precision of services, overcoming road-blocks and automating the process of hiring with integrity, competence and commitment.

Throughout this remarkable journey of delivering excellence, cFIRST has gained accolades which they are humbled by. With a clientele of more than 2000 organizations worldwide, it has successfully conducted more than 5 million background checks since its inception. It is an ISO 27001:2013 certified company and is also NABPS, NASSCOM NSR empaneled. Furthermore, cFIRST has also received accreditations from ACBCB, IAF, and QIC which have made this trek, nothing short of fascinating.

With an API-integrated clientele platform, cFIRST continues to march ahead, with the same amount of dedication, passion and integrity as it had on the first day of its journey and the team only hopes to keep up with the technology that is yet to unfold in future to continue solving issues related to the process of hiring and recruitment.