CEO fraud

• Raising employee awareness of the fraud scam

• Training based on concrete examples

• Constantly informing about new threats

• Raising the security awareness of all employees

• Open corporate culture instead of authoritarian management style.

• Fraud attempts can be detected and prevented more quickly.

• In the event of unusual business transactions, it should be possible to make inquiries up to the management level.

In addition to increased vigilance and regular training of employees, clear and transparent rules are the key.

• Clear procedures and responsibilities

• Checking of absence regulations

• Defined control and approval processes

• Cross-checks in the event of changes to account details

• Maximum limits for transfers

• Contacting in case of suspicion

• Verification of the payment request via callback to the named client

• Checking e-mails for sender address and correct spelling

• It is possible that only minor discrepancies exist in the e-mail address, which can expose attackers.

CEO fraud is difficult to prevent technically. Good spam/phishing filters can reduce the risk, but do not provide 100% protection.

• Simple fraud emails can be detected.

• Emails are considered suspicious if they are very similar to (but not the same as) the email address used in the company.

In addition to human vulnerabilities, which are often exploited in CEO fraud, there are also technical vulnerabilities that are often the gateways for hackers.

Here, it is important to identify and eliminate potential vulnerabilities in good time. Regular, automated security checks can help here.