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Combating Fraud in a Remote Working Environment
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Combating Fraud in a Remote Working Environment

AFP Payments Guide

AFP, 2020


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Eye Opening
  • Overview

Recommendation

COVID-19 has given con artists and cybercriminals new ways to defraud companies and hack into corporate systems. The legions of employees who are toiling remotely in response to the pandemic rely heavily on technology, making them vulnerable to the bad actors who are adapting their techniques to the home office. In this useful digest, financial writer Andrew Deichler provides a solid overview of the new threats as well as the precautions that corporate executives can take to reduce their firms’ risk of falling victim to scammers and hackers.

Take-Aways

  • New opportunities for fraud have emerged in the remote working environment. 
  • Cybercriminals are using the COVID-19 pandemic to scam their victims.
  • Corporate treasury executives need to stay a step ahead of the fraudsters.

About the Author

Andrew Deichler is the multimedia content manager for the Association for Financial Professionals, an industry group for chief financial officers and treasury professionals.