8 Simple Steps to Protect Your Database - #6. Require Independent Review (
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Even trusted users can manipulate standard business practices to
perpetrate fraud with special, end-of-period adjustments. Check all
individual- and application-sourced changes to financial data to
identify odd adjustments. And, verify adjustments with independent
monitoring and auditing software, rather than the accounting software
that your financial personnel use.