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Fraud Analytics

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What is fraud analytics?

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Fraud analytics combines analytic technology and techniques with human
interaction to help detect potential improper transactions, such as those
based on fraud and/or bribery, either before the transactions are completed
or after they occur.

The process of fraud analytics involves gathering and storing relevant data
and mining it for patterns, discrepancies, and anomalies. The findings are
then translated into insights that can allow a company to manage potential
threats before they occur as well as develop a proactive fraud and bribery
detection environment.

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Why it matters now

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The world has changed. Are your fraud controls still relevant?
These days, nearly everyone engaged in fraud leaves behind a trail of digital
fingerprints. This presents a big opportunity for companies to prevent further
harm—but it’s often only considered after the damage has been done.

Leaders in fraud prevention are taking advantage of new tools and


technologies to harness their data to sniff out instances of fraud, potentially
before they fully unfold.

This development couldn’t occur at a better time, as events and regulators


alike are challenging the controls organizations have used for years. In areas
of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, and anti-money laundering, the regulatory
environment has tightened. At the same time, fraud, corruption, and abuse
are unrelenting—and constantly evolving. It’s a different world out there.
And fraud analytics can help make sense of it.

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Why fraud analytics

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More data, more opportunities
Anomaly detection and rules-based methods have been in widespread use
to combat fraud, corruption, and abuse for more than 20 years. They’re
powerful tools, but they still have their limits. Adding analytics to this mix can
significantly expand fraud detection capabilities, enhancing the “white box”
approach of the rules-based method.1

Not only can analytics tools enhance rules-based testing methods, but they
can also help measure performance to standardize and help fine tune controls
for constant improvement. That’s a big deal for companies awash in data—
data that could be put to better use.


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A “white box” approach refers to one that is explainable, repeatable, and defensible.

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The potential benefits

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Identify hidden patterns
Unsupervised or non-rules-based analyses driven by analytics technology
can uncover new patterns, trends, fraudulent schemes, and scenarios that
traditional approaches miss.

Enhance and extend existing efforts


Analytics need not replace what you’re already doing—it can be an extra layer
to add punch to your existing efforts.

Cross the divide


Fraud analytics can pull data from across your organization into one central
platform, helping create a true, enterprise-wide approach.

Measure and improve performance


What’s working? What’s not? With fraud analytics in place, you don’t have
to guess. The data tells the story.

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What to do now

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Go where the data is
Different parts of your fraud management process generate different types
and amounts of data. Start where fraud data is most plentiful and rich.

Examine interdependencies
The most devastating fraudulent activities exploit hidden connections across
your organization. By that same token, you need to be able to connect the dots
across your data. Analytics can help you look beyond organizational boundaries.

Set off a cultural shift


Fraud management isn’t new—your organization likely has a mature set of
processes, methods, and talent to take this on. Analytics will help to change
the dynamic. If your team isn’t ready for it, you may not get the value you
need from analytics. Make sure your people are prepared.

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Time’s up

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It doesn’t take a massive initiative to get fraud analytics up and running.
Many find that it works well to start with a limited project, and then expand
from there. It can take as little as a few weeks.

If you’re frustrated that a massive amount of fraud-related information is


going unused, it’s worth giving fraud analytics another look.

To learn more about how to get your fraud analytics initiative off to a smart
start, please contact:

Greg Swinehart Frank Hydoski


Partner Director
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
[email protected] [email protected]

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