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AnalysisSFO employs security advisor
The Serious Fraud Office’s digital forensics unit has appointed a consultant to bolster its digital forensics capability and assess network security
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AnalysisSecurity predictions for 2008
A stream of high profile data losses and increasingly sophisticated financial crime is slowly edging the issue of IT security up the corporate agenda
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AnalysisAlternative authentication
A UK based firm has come up with an innovative grid based ID system, could it be the answer to identity fraud problems
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AnalysisRisk management down under
Governance, compliance and emerging risks are top of the agenda at an annual conference for Australian risk managers, Jean-Paul Louisot reports
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VAT Fraud Investigation
The Committee will consider various fraudulent schemes, including carousel fraud and missing trader fraud. VAT fraud is estimated to cost the Treasury between £2bn and £8bn a year, and scams are becoming increasingly complex to counter member states attempts to curb the practice. The fraud works by traders selling goods ...
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Electronic identity theft risk
UK companies are not trying hard enough to manage and control access to their systems and thus reduce the risk of crimes such as electronic identity theft, according to a new survey.
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PANDEMIC BUSINESS CONTINUITY REVIEW
Aon Limited has launched a new pandemic business continuity review service The service is intended to help businesses assess their readiness for pandemic crises from a human capital resources perspect
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Controls fail to curb fraud
Fraud is costing UK businesses nearly £2bn a year and a new report reveals that employees are finding it 'staggeringly easy' to get away with it
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FRAUD HITS COMPANIES AS WELL AS INSURERS
According to a study released last month, insurance fraud in the UK business community costs at least £550m a year
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Worldcom verdict acts as warning
WorldCom chief executive Bernie Ebbers has been found guilty of $11bn worth of fraud, having failed to convince a jury that he was unaware of falsified accounts handed to him by his chief financial of
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Fraud figures up
The total number of fraud cases in the UK rose by 14% in 2004, according to the latest figures from KPMG's Fraud Barometer, while the overall value of the frauds fell by 12%
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Directors fear an increasing level of risk
According to a survey by risk consultants Kroll and Director magazine, British directors fear that a strong economy will encourage fraud and computer crime as the economic upturn takes hold
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Facing up to Fraud
UK and continental European companies have different views on corporate fraud, with financial reporting misdemeanours higher on the European agenda
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Fighting fraud
Following the recent UK case of former City secretary Joyti De-Laurey, who was jailed for seven years for defrauding her bosses of nearly £45m, many businesses do not realise that they may soon be req
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Growing fear of terrorist attacks
More than one in three companies (36%) expect terrorists to deliberately target their organisation or staff, according to research released by RAND Europe and Janusian Security Risk Management, the se
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Law firms fail to face up to risk
A recent study suggests that law firms are failing to identify their risk exposures
