The systematic evaluation of all risks pertaining to the company is a core-task of the management. Keywords are markets, currency, receivables, personnel and environment. Computer crime is a further, and ever increasing, risk. Far too often, IT-related risks are only seen as the risk of a technical loss of data. From this restricted point of view they are recognised, analysed, and minimised by various procedures such as back-up-systems, hotlines and an emergency-mobile-phone for the IT-system-administrator.
The permanent risk of computer-crime behind the firewalls is easily disregarded. And this, although all relevant research unequivocally shows that computer-crime committed by employees is one of the most often committed deeds of white-collar-crime. Validd has the experts for prevention of computer-crime – on both sides of the firewalls.