FEATURE: FRAUD PREVENTION
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In today’s connected
world, Kuwait’s businesses
and organisations are
always at risk of becoming
victims of fraud. Intelligent
CIO hears from industry
experts at RSA Security
and Kaspersky Lab about
the biggest threats and
how these can best be
defended against.
Rashmi Knowles, Field CTO RSA Security
training methods such as learning via
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‘Best practice’ for
preventing fraud
RASHMI KNOWLES, FIELD CTO,
RSA SECURITY
The first step in avoiding fraud is creating a
‘human firewall’ within an organisation –
i.e. communicating that security is
everyone’s responsibility.
Every member of an organisation should
understand the threat posed by hackers
and the benefits of keeping their company
secure, not just within the context of their
role, but across the entire organisation.
This can be supported through employee
training programmes where employees are
capable of not only recognising cyberthreats
but are comfortable reporting them. Instead
of traditional classroom or computer-based
training, organisations should be pushing
for concentrated campaigns and interactive
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As employees are generally the weakest link
in any company’s security, organisations
should seek to educate employees about
how they are on the frontline of the fight
against cybercrime.
Employees need to be educated to ensure
they avoid clicking on links in text messages or
emails from unfamiliar senders, which will help
to mitigate the risk of having bank details
stolen or malware being installed on devices.
Organisations should also look to create
a device identification process, using a
business-driven approach to security by
linking device identification to a clear risk
strategy e.g. ask users on new devices to re-
authenticate to reduce the risk of fraud.
RSA Security’s fraud solutions
DANIEL COHEN, DIRECTOR OF RSA’S
FRAUD AND RISK INTELLIGENCE
(FRI) UNIT
Fraud is an incredibly complex issue that
covers so many different areas from identity
theft to credit card compromise. Traditional
fraud
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