Fraud in the Remote Workforce: Hiring, Security, and Compliance Best Practice

Session I – Remote Worker Fraud & Cyber Risk: Preventing Infiltration, Protecting Data, and Reducing Exposure – Daniel Pepper This session frames remote worker fraud as a frontline cybersecurity and privacy risk, showing how common deception tactics translate into real access, data, and incident exposure. It walks through practical indicators that turn “suspicions” into actionable containment steps, while emphasizing privacy-forward investigation, evidence preservation, and defensible documentation. The session also maps the legal trigger points, regulatory, contractual, and client-driven, then closes with concrete post-incident hardening measures: tightening access controls, re-validating identity, and strengthening monitoring to reduce repeat risk. Key topics to…