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Course Level :Basic
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Credits :2
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Instructional Method :QAS Self Study
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Pre-requisites :None
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Advance Preparation :None
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Course Description
Course Description
Forensic accounting, forensic accountancy, or financial forensics is the specialty practice area of accounting that investigates whether firms engage in financial reporting misconduct. Forensic accountants apply a wide range of skills and methods to determine whether there has been financial reporting misconduct.
Financial forensic engagements may fall into several categories such as:
- Economic damages calculations, whether suffered through tort or breach of contract
- Post-acquisition disputes such as earn-outs or breaches of warranties
- Bankruptcy, insolvency, and reorganization
- Securities and tax fraud
- Money laundering
- Business valuation
- Computer forensics/e-discovery
Digital forensic science is a branch of forensic science that focuses on the recovery and investigation of material found in digital devices including computers related to cyber-crime. Digital forensics is the process of identifying, preserving, analyzing, and documenting digital evidence. This is done in order to present evidence in a court of law when required.
This CPE webinar is designed to delve into further investigative procedures used in digital forensics with the following Key topics:
- History of Digital Forensics
- Application and process of Digital Forensics
- Various types of digital forensics and specialized tools to apply them
- What is Digital evidence and how to examine them
- Forensic data analysis
- 1.1 Introduction
- 00:05:06
- 1.2 Agenda
- 00:01:18
- 1.3 Appendix One - Terms
- 00:13:38
- 2.1 History of digital forensics
- 00:08:58
- 2.2 Process of digital forensics
- 00:06:55
- 2.3 Who is a digital forensics investigator
- 00:00:57
- 3.1 Application of digital forensics
- 00:08:33
- 3.2 Types of digital forensics
- 00:07:36
- 4.1 Development of Tools
- 00:04:58
- 4.2 Tools used in digital forensics
- 00:14:30
- 4.3 Skills required to be a digital forensic investigator
- 00:11:19
- 5.1 Forensic data analysis introduction
- 00:05:08
- 6.1 Summary
- 00:02:55
- 6.2 Ending Speech
- 00:00:29
Learning Objectives
- To explore the history of digital forensics
- To recognize and explore the digital forensic process
- To recognize and examine the application of digital forensics
- To define various types of digital forensics
- To explore digital forensic tools
- To examine digital evidence
- To explore forensic data analysis
Recommended For
- This Online Continuing Professional Education webinar is recommended for CPAs, CMAs, IAP, QIAL, CIA, CFE, CFF, CISA, CITP, and Other Accounting Professionals who desire to help their clients with Forensic accounting skills.
- This Online CPD webinar is recommended for CPAs in Canada who want to assist their clients with a unique combination of accounting and investigative techniques to trace funds, asset identification, asset recovery, and due diligence, etc.
- This Online CPE webinar is recommended for Other Accounting Professionals who desire to assist their clients in investigating financial crimes through digital means.
Who Should Attend?
- Accountant
- Accounting Firm
- Accounting Managers
- Cloud Accountants
- CPA (Industry)
- CPA - Mid Size Firm
- CPA - Small Firm
- Senior Accountant
- Staff of Accounting Firm
- Young CPA
Course Qualification
Webinar Qualifies For
- 2 General Credit for Accountant/Bookkeeper (ACCT./BK)
- 2 CPD Credit of Finance for Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Canada)
- 2 CPD Credit of Digital Forensics for Certified Financial Forensics (CFF)
- 2 CPE Credit of Finance for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- 2 CPE Credit for Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- 2 CPD Credit of Evidence-gathering, Planning, Sampling, Risk, Fraud Considerations for Certified Information Technology Professionals (CITP)
- 2 CPE Credit of Forensic auditing for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA)
- 2 CPE Credit of Corporate Finance for Certified Management Accountants (CMA)
- 2 CPE Credit of Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US)
- 2 CPE Credit for Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP)
- 2 CPE Credit for Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL)
- 2 CPE Credit for Master Analyst In Financial Forensics (MAFF)
- 2 CE Credit for Certified Fiduciary & Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS)
- 2 CPD Credit for Chartered Accountants - ICAEW
- 2 CPD Credit for Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- 2 CPD Credit for Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI)
- 2 CPD Credit for Chartered Accountants - Scotland
- 2 CPD Credit for CPA - Ireland
Additional details
NASBA APPROVED
MY-CPE LLC, 1600 Highway 6 south, suite 250, sugar land, TX, 77478
MY-CPE LLC (Sponsor Id#: 143597) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.
Presenter
About Presenter
Lynn Fountain, CRMA, CPA (US), CGMA, MBA
Owner, Lynn Fountain Consulting and Training
Lynn Fountain has over 39 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.
Ms.
Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice. She has successfully executed on several
consulting assignments spanning areas of accounting, risk, ERM and internal
audit. She is a highly sought-after
trainer and international speaker and has produced hundreds of courses
delivered through seminars, conferences and on-demand training. She is the author of three separate technical
books.
- Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”.
- Leading the Internal Audit Function
- Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma
Ms.
Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from
Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.
About Company
Lynn Fountain Consulting and Training
Ms. Fountain has become known as an international trainer on topics of Leadership, Internal Audit, Accounting, Finance, Ethics, Business Processes, Bookkeeping, Cybersecurity and Business Issues. She has over 150 training topics that can be tailored to meet your needs.
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$20
2 Credits
Subject Area
Finance
