Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Standards, Regulations & Compliance
Preparing for Compliance With UK Fraud Legislation
Panelists Talk About the Implications of the ProposalThe U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, also known as the SOX Act, mandated strict reforms and imposed tough new penalties on lawbreakers in an effort to crack down on corporate fraud. The United Kingdom might soon adopt similar legislation, which could significantly change board responsibility for fraud risk management and increase demand for anti-fraud professionals. How must enterprises prepare for this?
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Three experts - Vincent Walden, managing director at Alvarez and Marsal in the U.S.; Sam Eastwood, partner at Mayer Brown’s litigation practice in London; and Daniel Barton, managing director, investigations and compliance at Alvarez and Marsal in the U.K. - provide insights in this panel discussion.
In a video interview with Information Security Media Group, the panelists discuss:
- How having a law like the SOX Act in the U.K. will affect fraud and risk management professionals;
- How enterprises in the U.K. can adopt data analytics to know where to put fraud controls;
- Why other nations have not adopted laws dealing with fraud controls.
Walden, managing director of the disputes and investigations unit at the New York-based consultancy Alvarez & Marsal, specializes in forensic data analytics, continuous controls monitoring, information governance and legal discovery services.
Eastwood is a partner in Mayer Brown’s litigation practice in London and a member of the firm’s white-collar defense and compliance practice.
Barton is managing director, investigations and compliance, at Alvarez and Marsal in the U.K. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in forensic accounting investigations, specializing in fraud, bribery and corruption, and regulatory issues.