Cybersecurity Awareness Month Session Titled “Payments Fraud and Your Vendor Master: Uncovering Hidden Risks”

DistillINFO recently interviewed our CEO, Thayer Stewart on the risks of payments fraud in healthcare.

Preventing Fraud is the Immediate Need

When health care organizations rely o

n static “vendor forms” to collect information from third-parties – it exposes them to risk. Where there is a manual process, there is plenty of room for mistakes.

The vendor set-up and maintenance process is fundamentally flawed because it relies on people making (largely uninformed) judgements- such as ‘do I change this vendor’s bank account based on this email request?’ Additionally, vendor relationships run through procurement, AP, risk, insurance, diversity and individual business units, with no clear owner at most organizations. Who ultimately is responsible for the verification of the vendor’s info?

You can read the entire interview at DistillINFO.

PaymentWorks Presents Risky Business Episode 3: Matt Klein Answers the Million Dollar Question About Coverage

Matt Klein, National Fidelity Product Leader at Willis Towers Watson, breaks down the world of insurance and coverage for losses stemming from social engineering frauds. He walks us through the exacting claims process, what questions you should ask your insurance provider right now, and what business leaders will need to do to prepare for such attacks.

Listen to the full podcast here.

Read the blog version here.