I am putting an open course together which we will run in Birmingham UK on Fraud Risk Assessment. It is a new course which is externally qualified with IQ (Industry Qualifications). It will give you a level 2 qualification in the assessment of fraud risks within your company. This is different from the traditional Risk […]

Fraud comes in all shapes and sizes. It masquerades itself with synthetic identities while it uses traditional methods like phishing scams. If it’s still working, there’s still some use to it. And the aftermath can produce more damage than a merchant and a customer can bear. For instance, fraudsters target a handful of customers to steal their card information. They

Fraud can have a serious impact on any firm no matter the size. However through much research we’ve found that small businesses are the most affected year on year. Employee and asset fraud are some of the most popular types of crimes a business comes across, and can be seriously detrimental (and can even cause

The number of senior citizens using the internet has seen a dramatic increase over the last five years. A study set out by AgeUK showed that the amount of people aged 75 and over that use the internet has nearly doubled in the last five years from 20% to 40%. With the increasing number of senior citizens

The intelligence cycle is an important, detailed process used by analysts to create intelligence and answer intelligence requirements. It consists of collecting relevant information, analysing and interpreting it then providing assessments and recommendations. The intelligence cycle acts as a tool used for the creation of intelligence which informs the planning and decisions of commanders and policy makers. 

Following the initial ‘direction’ stage in the intelligence cycle, once you have clearly established the intelligence you require, and have considered all of the options available for how to deal with the situation, you then move on to the collection phase. The ‘collection’ phase consists of establishing the priorities and collection the intelligence required in

Creating and analysing intelligence is crucial to the process of the Intelligence Cycle, and the third stage of the process; the evaluation phase is a highly important part of the cycle. Having completed the collection plan from phase 2, the evaluation phase consists of you then obtaining a measure of confidence in the data that you

The fourth stage of the intelligence cycle, once you have completed the evaluation is the analysis stage. This stage consists of four components and each step is incredibly important in allowing you to perform an in-depth analysis of the data you have previously collected. Although it is useful to break down each component during this