{"id":2825,"date":"2014-03-08T05:52:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T05:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indiaforensic.com\/certifications\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2014-03-08T05:52:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T05:52:40","slug":"benefits-of-digital-forensics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiaforensic.com\/certifications\/benefits-of-digital-forensics\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of computer forensics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is generally said that the forensic accountant analyse 100% data as against the external auditors chosing the samples. But imagine as a certified forensic accounting professional you are required to analyze hundreds of thousands or even millions of line items of journal entries, invoice items, receipts and payments.<\/p>\n<p>How would you identify items to further analyze for certain warning signals of frauds? Without the benefits of digital forensic analysis, the forensic accountant would be looking for a needle in a haystack.<\/p>\n<p>Today, with the sophistication of powerful software and the technological ability to extract large amounts of data, 100% of the population of information may be analyzed. Data can be retrieved from a company\u2019s general ledger system, sales databases, time and expense systems, networks, user files, various types of logs such as web logs, building access logs, and essentially anywhere electronic data resides.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Computer Forensics<\/h2>\n<p>Some of the benefits of incorporating computer forensics in the forensic accounting engagements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ability to reduce or even eliminate sampling risk &#8211; This is the biggest advantage of forensic accountants over the external auditors.<\/li>\n<li>The comparison of relevant types of data from different systems or sources to show a more complete picture<\/li>\n<li>The ability to easily trend relevant data over periods of time; fluctuations in trending lines can be analyzed further for false positives and potential risk factors<\/li>\n<li>The quick identification and extraction of certain risk criteria from the entire data population for further analysis<\/li>\n<li>The testing for effectiveness of the control environment and policies in place by identifying attributes that violate rules<\/li>\n<li>The identifying trends of which company personnel, consultants and forensic accountants were unaware<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also read<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/indiaforensic.com\/certifications\/computer-forensics-in-india\/\">Defining Computer forensics <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/indiaforensic.com\/certifications\/cloud-forensic-lab-systems-venkatesan\/\">Cloud Forensics\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/indiaforensic.com\/certifications\/anti-forensic-tools\/\">Anti-forensic tools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is generally said that the forensic accountant analyse 100% data as against the external auditors chosing the samples. But imagine as a certified forensic accounting professional you are required to analyze hundreds of thousands or even millions of line items of journal entries, invoice items, receipts and payments. 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