July 30, 2010 by Jared Bilski
With all of the sensitive data that Finance workers handle on a daily basis, you may want to have them revisit the strength of the passwords they’re using.
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Tags: Alpha-numeric combination, Easily hacked passwords, Finance workers, Imperva, Passwords, Popular passwords, Sensitive data
July 21, 2010 by Jared Bilski
When it comes to whistle-blowers, most employers won’t take action if the claims come from an anonymous source — no matter how serious the claims are.
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Tags: Allegations, Anonymous whistle-blowing, Audit committee members, Jake Rose, Journal of Management Studies, Study, Whistle-blowers
July 14, 2010 by Jared Bilski
With the reform law extending the age to which dependents must be offered health coverage, it’s more important than ever to be sure your plan only covers “truly eligible” dependents.
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Tags: Aon Consulting, Dependent care audits, Dependents, Eligibility guidelines, healthcare costs, Reform law
July 9, 2010 by Jared Bilski
The A/P department usually presents an attractive target for fraudsters. So ensuring your anti-fraud controls are up to snuff is vital — particularly when it comes this exposure.
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Tags: A/P, Accounts Payable, ACFE, Anti-fraud controls, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, External threats, fraud, Invoice process, vendors
June 15, 2010 by Jared Bilski
It seems like the Red Flag rules are already helping to curb identity fraud — even though the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has delayed its official enforcement of these rules.
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Tags: Card Issuer's Safety Scorecard, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Identity fraud, Javelin Strategy & Research, Red Flag rules
June 14, 2010 by Jared Bilski
No company wants to believe it’s being defrauded by its own workers. But it’s better to know for sure than to end up paying for individuals who aren’t even eligible for your healthcare benefits.
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Tags: Dependent care audits, Healthcare benefits, Ineligible dependents, National Business Group on Health, Towers Watson
May 13, 2010 by Jared Bilski
It happens more often than you’d like to think: Departing employees swipe confidential info before they leave the company. What’s worse, many firms actually make it easy for ‘em to do so.
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Tags: Administrative password, Audit system, Company's passwords, Departing employees, Hackers, IT pros, Layoffs, Sensitive info
April 27, 2010 by Jared Bilski
If your firm is hiring again, keep this in mind: When work is scarce, job seekers tend to go to great lengths to get hired.
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Tags: Accolades, Applicants, Crosscheck, Facebook, Job seekers, Resume fraud, Social networking sites, Work experience
April 20, 2010 by Jared Bilski
E-Verify was supposed to make it easy for employers to rest assured that all of their workers were valid U.S. citizens — but new research says it’s doing anything but.
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Tags: Department of Homeland Security, E-Verify, Inaccuracy rate, U.S. citizens, Unauthorized workers, Westat
April 8, 2010 by Jared Bilski
Every day companies are affected by hackers. But few attacks have ever had this type of scope.
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Tags: Cyber criminals, Hackers, Infected attachments, IT, Kneber bot, Log-in credentials
