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Fraud Flashpoints: “Help Wanted!” – Individual with GRC Investigations Management Experience

Daniel Draz of Fraud Solutions goes over the five common themes in job descriptions for the senior level GRC investigations position.

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Fraud Flashpoints: How Functional Are Your Case Management And Event Notification Systems?

Incident and event notification systems foster real time communication among key business stakeholders when an incident or event occurs. Aside from the primary purpose surrounding event notification, these systems also address a company’s compliance, regulatory or contractual obligations concerning event notification, data (breach) protection, ethics violations, investigations and information protection. Secondarily to the event notification [...]

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The New Age Bounty Hunter – Showdown at the SEC Corral (Part 2)

Dan Draz highlights several areas that involved in testing a company’s compliance programs and processes from a fraud standpoint: internal reporting tools, communication, training and reporting protection.

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The New Age Bounty Hunter – Showdown at the SEC Corral (Part 1)

How will your ethics, compliance and hotline programs fare in the fight? In the old days a bounty hunter was someone who pursued fugitives for a reward. The wanted signs in westerns used to say “Wanted – Dead or Alive.” Images of bad guys draped across the back of a horse headed for the sheriff’s [...]

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Fraud Flashpoints: The Perils of Fake Social Media Profiles – A Growing GRC Concern – Part 2

Yesterday Dan explained why companies should be concerned about fake social media profiles. Today he looks at how HR departments have incorporated social media checks into their hiring process. Then, he concludes with key takeaways. Human Resource Applications One of the places social media is gaining steam is in the pre-employment screening area. Companies are [...]

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Fraud Flashpoints: The Perils of Fake Social Media Profiles – A Growing GRC Concern – Part 1

“The public Web is full of anonymous users and fake identities. Most common on social networks are identities that are presumably true (look legitimate) but have not been verified.” – Information Week Everyone is talking about the use of social media applications in business, in fact it’s “all the rage!” While there’s no doubt it [...]

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Fraud Flashpoints: ‘Tis the Season To Analyze Your Anti-fraud Efforts For The New Year

2012 Is Just Around the Corner… Recently, while doing some fraud trending and analysis, I was reviewing several news feeds trying to get a feel for current fraud events globally. The reality is that you don’t have to look very hard to find a “fraud pulse” as there is no shortage of news about people [...]

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Fraud Flashpoints: A Look at Washington Department of L&I’s Effort To “Beat Down” Fraud Losses

It seems like everywhere you turn, someone is talking about what’s going on out in Washington (state) and how the Department of Labor and Industries is using an innovative approach to the fraud problem. While many people are talking about it, what most folks don’t know is how they’re doing it. In this week’s Fraud Flashpoints, CCI’s newest expert columnist gathers critical information about the L&I approach and the key factors driving their success.

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