Recently, I spoke about fraud at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for their investigators. My day was off to a rocky start, as I accidentally burned a big hole in my pink crepe suit jacket while trying to use the steam function on the hotel iron to rid it of a few wrinkles. Normally I […]

Ethics training is hardly a foreign concept to fraud examiners. Most organizations have some form of mandatory ethics training as a part of their compliance programs. But can you actually teach people to make ethical decisions? Or are these trainings only a formality? Mary Breslin, founder of Verracy Training and Consulting, explored this topic with […]

We are pleased to announce that Mary Breslin has earned a Top-Rated Speaker award.  During the North America CACS 2019 conference, she earned a 4.75 or higher (on a 5-point scale) by the attendees who responded to the survey about her session. To recognize her excellence, she will be noted on ISACA’s website as one […]

PRODUCTIVITY AND TIME MANAGEMENT We are all different, we work differently, we have different times and durations of productivity, and different strengths and weaknesses. This is why there are so many different approaches to productivity and time management and thousands of books on the subject. To improve productivity and time management we must understand ourselves […]

INTERESTING IDEAS Artificial Intelligence. AI. In Audit. Yes, we are there. As data analytics become more and more prevalent in our industry the need to further automate processes beyond standard data tools is becoming apparent. Last week my team and I used our first bot to assist with the de-encryption of four years of data. […]