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Ripped From the Headlines—Outrageous Tales of Cybercrimes

Online

# of CPE Credits

2

Description

Please note: This course will expire on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET. Please complete the course AND submit credit before the deadline. 

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Remote work environments have created many new opportunities for cybercriminals and other fraudsters to exploit, and accounting professionals are some of the most commonly targeted individuals. This session is a series of case studies that examine actual criminal filings and news accounts and use them to highlight some of the actions you can take to limit your exposure to similar schemes. Attend this session and learn more about how high-profile control failures occurred so you can be more effective at preventing crimes in your organization. 

Event Level: Basic 
Who Should Attend: Managers, owners, and accounting professionals who desire to learn from computer crime incidents best practices they can use to enhance their organization’s security posture 
Required Knowledge: None 
Advanced Preparation: None 
Vendor: K2 Enterprises 
Speaker: Tankersley, Brian

Objective

* List at least three major security incidents reported in the headlines in the last year and explain at least one primary internal-control design or operation flaw that allowed the hack to occur * Select the correct definitions for security terms such as attack surface, vulnerability, exploit, social engineering, phishing, malware, heuristics, biometrics, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) * List at least three best practices learned by reviewing the control failures cited in the case studies

Credit Types

  • Auditing: 2

Event Speaker(s)

Brian Tankersley

Event Level:Basic
Event Code:OD010024
Event Vendor:K2 Enterprises
Fields of Study:Auditing
Tags:2 hour
Other fields:

    Registration Fees

    RegistrationTypePrice
    On Demand (2 hours)Members$100.00
    On Demand (2 hours)Non Members$225.00


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