Intelligence Assessment And Unpredictability

Kris Wheaton’s reflection on his class discussion (How to Analyze Black Swans) is useful in understanding the challenge of elaborating future possibilities in intelligence assessments. 

Mark Lowenthal’s comment on Black Swans also illuminates an important aspect of uncertainty—while a situation may be completely mysterious to some observers, others may be very familiar with every aspect of it. Their knowledge, however, may not be transferable to intelligence analysts. 

Read more at:
http://sourcesandmethods.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/intelligence-assessment-and.html

10 golden tenets of fraud prevention and deterrence Part 1

http://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4294982428

Identity fraud hits new victim every two seconds

"To protect yourself from fraud, create strong passwords and lock electronic devices like computers and cell phones, change your passwords frequently, monitor your bank accounts and credit card statements regularly, shred personal documents, install security software on your computer and phone and avoid public Wi-Fi connections......"
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/pf/identity-fraud/


In Australia you can take advantage of Identity Watch which is Veda’s cyber-monitoring product, used to "help detect fraud by constantly looking for information – such as credit and debit card numbers, phone numbers and email addresses – in places on the internet where information is known to be illegally traded."

http://www.veda.com.au/yourcreditandidentity/protect/what-identity-watch

 

Unstructured data: How to implement an early warning system for hidden risks

Managing the devil you know is difficult enough. But in risk management, it’s the devil you don’t know that can spring chaos on your organization.


Read more at: http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2014/Jan/20126972.htm


This a US article however all businesses face the same risks....key takeaway = please don't ignore risks  :-)

ANZ lack of due diligence and abandonment of ethical lending obligations in lending to controversial Cambodian sugar plantation that employs children

Beware of not completing proper due diligence and adhering to integrity commitments.....


ANZ is said to be financing a Cambodian sugar plantation, owned by Ly Yong Phat, one of Cambodia's richest men and a senator from its ruling political party. 


Audits apparently reveal that the plantation involves child labour, military-backed land grabs, forced evictions and food shortages thus not implementing the environmental, health and social management programs required by ANZ to meet its ethical lending obligations.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/anz-under-fire-for-loans-to-controversial-cambodian-sugar-plantation-20140122-3196z.html#ixzz2rAbCQKnb

We know to protect ourselves from Personal Identity Theft but what about Business Identity Theft?

Business identity theft can be described as the misappropriation of an organization's tax identification number or other sensitive information necessary to imitate the identity of the business for illicit purposes. Criminals obtain tax identification numbers through various means, such as searching for them online, examining filings with securities regulators, reviewing tax forms, phishing or social engineering.


This articles mention some US fraud schemes but it is not beyond imagination that the activity is global given that business data is easily available online in many databases.


For more read:http://www.acfe.com/fraud-examiner.aspx?id=4294981064 

Former Brisbane netball leader Deborah Morton jailed for fraud

A Brisbane netball association badly hit in the city's flood disaster suffered a double blow when its president stole more than $100,000 to feed a gambling addiction, a court has heard.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/former-brisbane-netball-leader-deborah-morton--jailed-for-fraud-20131217-2zi40.html#ixzz2nnBkgTJh