As the federal government’s ability to collect personally identifiable information has increased drastically in recent years, so have attacks targeting that information. Insider threats are of particular concern, according to the Government Accountability Office's 2015 bi-annual High Risk Report. The GAO specifically states, “Risks to cyber assets can originate from
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Protecting against the insider threat
Four-step approach to government fraud detection
Every day there are news stories of fraud perpetrated against federal government programs. Topping the list are Medicaid and Medicare schemes which costs taxpayers an estimated $100 billion a year. Fraud also is rampant in other important federal programs, including unemployment and disability benefits, health care, food stamps, tax collection,
Mastering fraud and the 'perfect storm'
As a follow-up to my appearance on CNBC’s, The Call July 22, I feel it is appropriate to comment further on the fraud risks we are seeing across industries due to the continued move online. Karen Tso did a nice job of raising the significant cyber-crime issues we see due to