Fraud Solutions

Sailing Sordid Slimy Seas: “Fun for All” – Except the Fish! So, in case you haven’t heard, Carnival Cruise Lines has a compliance caper conundrum, The "Fun for All - All for Fun" maritime business plead guilty in 2016 to a variety of environmental crimes. The U.S. fined Carnival 40 million dollars for dumping oil into the ocean, falsifying records and denying it. [ 1,071 more word ]

Carnival's Compliance Caper Court Conundrum - Fraud Solutions Compliance avoidance: Carnival's actions are the perfect reminder to examine governance, compliance & ethics programs to determine how effective they are!

College Admissions Cheating Scandal: Big Names + Big $$$ = Federal Indictment! (Surprised?) Paying for Advantage - Alive and Well "Pay to Play" - Designed to Gain Advantage The current news cycles is being dominated by stories of alleged college entrance fraud to secure an admissions advantage. In Operation Varsity Blues, high profile executives, actresses and affluential parents have been accused of paying millions of dollars to achieve favorable college admissions, and test score, results (advantage) for what the public perceives are their spoiled, underachieving children. [ 1,158 more word ]

Advantage - The Great Varsity Blues College Admissions Scam Varsity Blues: A fraud case where money paid to admissions insiders gained advantage for privileged children to be accepted into haughty colleges.

The oft fatal security mindset: We don't have anything of value, who'd want to steal our stuff? Reality: everyone!

Cyber Crime: How Architects, Engineers and Contractors May Be at Risk The risk management rundown on making sure your company, no matter the size, is protected from common cyber risks.

New Tech: 2 sue or not 2 sue, thats the question. Sadly its reducing cool innovation to a ridiculous pile of rubble!

Got Cool New Tech There's a Lawsuit for That In an opinion column, the president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform asks: Should we regulate new technologies with lawsuits? Plaintiffs lawyer...

IOT's Latest Foe: Destructive data destroyers & other nefarious malware designed to "wipe" evidence from systems.

IoT malware begins to show destructive behavior Hackers have started adding data-wiping routines to malware that's designed to infect internet-of-things and other embedded devices.

How susceptible is your office equipment to compromise? It stores data & transmits...so more than you might think.

Flatbed scanners are latest cyberattack vector Office scanners can be used to create light-based, network hacks, say scientists

Employee shenanigans & Internal frauds: foxes are already in hen house. Focus on forensics to track movements.

Using Computer Forensics to Investigate Employee Data Theft When suspicions of employee data theft arise, it is important to engage a computer forensics expert to perform a theft-of-IP analysis in order to preserve el...

Drone industry sales & personal/commercial use going astronomically viral, but risks are simultaneously escalating!

Evaluation and mitigation of drone-related risks More than 7 million drones will be flying by 2020, costing insurers $6.8 billion.

IOT Gone Wild! Not so fast there Kowalski...government agencies applying brakes with privacy & security regulation.

Regulatory Scrutiny Ramping Up in the Rapidly Expanding Internet of Things All three major branches of the federal government, as well as the states, have begun to tackle regulation of the IoT.

Is Your Data MIA? Don't worry you haven't lost the battle yet.There are ways to calculate AWOL information & survive

Missing in Action: Impute Intelligently Before Deciding Based on Data To counter data loss, analysts employ a range of methods-from simple to complex-to plug in plausible numbers for missing numbers.

LinkedIn Fakery: Not exactly a "news flash" since it's been going on for many years, but a valid reminder. Beware.

Cybervillains Lurk on LinkedIn The sources for reaping ill-gotten gains have expanded to virtually every corner of the internet, including what might seem an unlikely hunting ground at fir...

Wild West: What to do when ugly, defamatory, offensive SM postings turn into wordslinging gunfight at the OK Corral

Stop Spreading the News: A 5-Step Guide to Handling Unlawful Content Posted on Social Media It might be time to react when someone posts defamatory, offensive or infringing content about you or your business on social media.