Electronic commerce allows businesses to transfer funds and information at incredible speeds. Unfortunately, this same technology allows businesses to be defrauded at lightning speed as well.

In addition, today’s financial environment relies upon computers, the internet and electronic information. Computers, automated systems, electronic debits and credits, ATM transactions, & Point of Sale Terminals are everywhere. This course covers the most prevalent types of electronic and computer-assisted crimes and frauds.

If your responsibilities include fraud detection, this course will provide you with tips and suggestions to help find the perpetrators. If you are responsible for fraud prevention, you will learn what can be done to protect your client or your company from electronic theft and fraud.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to E-Fraud
• Understanding the Card Fraud Lifecycle
• Fraud Risk Management
• Electronic Fraud
• Detecting Computer Fraud
• Computer and Internet Crime and How the computer is used as a tool for fraud internally and externally
• ATM Fraud
• Understanding and complying with local laws relating to computer frauds and information theft.

Benefits to your organisation

Organisation will be able to learn and apply the elements of a fraud; common types of Internet Fraud (including "phishing scams"); the reasons why electronic con artists are successful: red flags to look for; and safeguards and solutions. Information security is vital to your financial institution’s success. .

Who is this course for?

• Business professionals interested in the field of electronic fraud and information security
• Information technology and security professionals
• Risk managers
• Internal and independent auditors
• Certified Fraud Examiners and other anti-fraud professionals seeking to improve their knowledge of technology issues relating to fraud
• Forensic accountants, lawyers and law enforcement personnel.

At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Strategies for dealing with technology-based crimes and how thieves steal your data. This will provide you with practical ways to safeguard your systems from hackers and intruders.
• Prevention and detection of identity fraud