All Financial Servcies articles – Page 29
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Analysis
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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Look before making the technology leap
Do not invest in technology until you know exactly what you require it to do, say Chuck Teixeira and Grant Waterfall.
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Identity theft is predicted to soar
ID theft cost British businesses £50m in 2005, and this is set to increase by 1,300% by 2020 to £700m.
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How effective is your security?
Steve Wright discusses how you can measure the effectiveness of security using ISO 27001.
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Analysis
Online credit information
Coface UK has launched InfoLine - a service that combines factual business information with risk analysis to help businesses understand the creditworthiness of their customers.
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Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion
Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.
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New fraud legislation on the horizon
The UK Fraud Bill may become law before the end of 2006. Neil Hodge discusses the implications.
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Don't forget the photocopier
You may have good security for your computer systems but what about other devices? Bernard Cassidy writes.
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Economic crime still soaring
UK companies are losing billions of pounds to economic crime. Hossein Hamedani discusses the results of a recent survey.
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IT compliance reduces risk
How can companies ensure they are archiving and protecting business data to comply with electronic data laws? Hugh Jenkins explains.
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IT reputation protection
ACE European Group (ACE) has joined forces with information security specialist QCC to offer crisis management consultancy as part of its IT network risk solution - ACE Dataguard.
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Coping with a major security breach
Legal pressures, not to mention your moral obligation to assist unwitting victims, means that you should never delay when disclosing IT security incidents, says Martin Allen.
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Analysis
European businesses vulnerable to IT attacks
A survey of 600 IT professionals across France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK revealed that almost half (45%) believe that their IT infrastructure is never totally protected from s
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No Perimeters
Your employees are increasingly working away from the office But is your security catching up? asks Christopher Price.
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The Never Expiring Password
Unchanged codes can be thought of as a wide open back door in your corporate network security, warns Calum Macleod
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Who is Bugging you now?
Bugging is no longer restricted to the realms of James Bond fantasy or the international political arena Commercial espionage - the theft of business secrets for commercial advantage - is far closer t
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Developing effective IT risk management
Jared Landin and Karl Kispert suggest strategic frameworks for financial institutions
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E-disclosure challenges and risks
The electronic age has added new challenges and risks to the process of legal disclosure say Philippa Bennett and Reza Alexander
