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Fingertips

From today’s Austin American Statesman, this article discusses the fraud deterrent effect of fingerprinting applicants for food stamps, and if it is worth the delay it may be causing in processing (Department of Agriculture says it isn’t).There are lessons to … Continue reading

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Segregation of Obscurity

From Forbes account of the Societe Generale billion dollar fraud: “It’s Nick Leeson, the story is exactly the same,” said Celent’s Pierron. “We have a trader who trades futures, or derivatives, who hides his losses by using weaknesses in the … Continue reading

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Confusion In My Eyes That Says It All

I figured I’d wait until after my paternity leave was over before I started thinking seriously about words like “control” and “compliance,” but I felt the need to say something after reading Bejtlich’s post “Controls are Not the Solution to … Continue reading

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