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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.




 
 
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  1. 8 Simple Steps to Protect Your Database
  2. #1. Directly Monitor Your Financial Database
  3. #2. Assess and Remediate Weaknesses
  4. #3. Audit User Access
  5. #4. Know How Users Use the Database
  6. #5. Verify Transaction Authenticity
  7. #6. Require Independent Review
  8. #7. Automate Controls To Reduce Annual Audit Costs
  9. #8. Employ Encryption To Protect Data
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