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Sure you know EFTs, but do you know EFTs?

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

No doubt you’ve heard that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. In the world of electronic funds transfers, this maxim holds doubly true. It applies to security systems and the networks they run on (including the Internet) as well as the users of those systems and networks. A security system can only defend a network if it offers sufficient coverage and controls. Absent such controls, users can, intentionally or accidentally, access, change or steal data that they are not authorized to see.

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Tags: authorization, chip card, credit card, debit card, EFT, electronic funds transfers, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, forging, identification, Information Technology PolicyPro, ITPP, paper transactions, PIN, signature, theft, transaction controls
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Bookkeeper goes to jail for eight years after defrauding employer

Friday, March 18th, 2011

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently upheld a lengthy prison sentence for a bookkeeper who defrauded her employer of over $700,000.

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Tags: accounting, accounting policies, accounting procedures, bookkeeper, bookkeeping, Canada Revenue Agency, CRA, employment law, finance, fraud, fraud prevention, shareholder liability, tax liabilities, theft
Posted in Finance and Accounting, Human Resources, Internal Controls | 4 Comments »

Are your employees surfing the Internet during work hours?

Friday, February 5th, 2010

With the technology at employees’ fingertips, employers worry about whether their employees are engaging in personal Internet use during work hours.

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Tags: canadian employment law, employee Internet use, employee theft, hours of work, Internet use during work hours, Internet use policy, policies and procedures, prohibited Internet use at work, social networking, theft
Posted in Employment Standards, Human Resources | 2 Comments »

What to do about employee theft

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Have you experienced theft at your business? Who did it—an outsider, a new hire or the long-term employee you’d never have suspected? It could be any of them, and you shouldn’t be surprised if it’s the latter.

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Tags: Bob Sutton, employee fraud, employee theft, loss, surveillance, theft
Posted in Employment Standards, Human Resources, Internal Controls, Privacy and Security | 4 Comments »

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