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Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Cloud Forensics

Wednesday, Oct. 28   1:00pm - 2:17pm

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1.40 Credits

Member Price $79.00

Non-Member Price $99.00

Overview

Cloud computing has become a source of cyber-crime. “Cloud forensics is the application of digital forensics in cloud computing as a subset of network forensics to gather and preserve evidence in a way that is suitable for presentation in a court of law.” Cloud forensics is a combination of the varied types of accounting forensics including:

•    Digital forensics
•    Network forensics.
•    Hardware forensics

In cloud crime, the cloud is considered the object when the target of the crime is the cloud service provider they are directly affected by the act. It is considered the subject of the crime when the criminal act is committed within the cloud environment. It is considered the tool when it is used to plan or conduct a crime. This course will delve into the many concepts involved in cloud forensics. The course complements other courses in the series of Becoming a Forensic Accountant.
 

Objectives

  • Explore and examine cloud crime
  • Recognize and evaluate the technical dimensions of cloud forensics
  • Identify and evaluate the organization dimensions of cloud forensics
  • Explore the use of cloud forensics
  • Identify and understand the challenges of cloud forensics
  • Identify and understand the opportunities in cloud forensics
  • Explore and examine available tools for cloud forensics

Highlights

  • Forensic Accounting
  • Accounting
  • Auditing
  • Finance

Designed For

Accountants, Finance Professionals, Auditors

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

Your webinar can be accessed via https://ctcpas.acpen.com/. If you do not have an ACPEN account, please sign up for an account using the email address you have on file with CTCPA.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, MB, AICPA

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, MBA

Lynn Fountain has over 45 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 obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.

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Non-Member Price $99.00

Member Price $79.00