PwC’s Academy workshop on digital forensic investigation
With computer related crimes seeing an upward trend in recent years, PwC’s Academy will introduce a two -day workshop on Digital Forensics Investigation next month to help the country’s public and private sectors strengthen their capabilities in combatting such crimes and educate professionals on how to conduct a thorough investigation that will even be accepted in a court of law.
The workshop on March 18-19 will be conducted by expert in fraud examination, internal audit and risk Iyad Mourtada, who is also an international speaker, trainer and author and have conducted a similar programme in Colombo last year which was well received by the participants, PwC said in a media release.
It said the programme is an excellent platform for CFOs, CROs, fraud examiners, lawyers, forensic analysts, investigation managers, financial managers, ethical hackers as well as IT Managers from the government, and private sectors who wish to gain a thorough understanding on the best practices in surveying, collecting and analysing digital evidence and conducting effective digital forensic investigation that will stand legally in court. The programme is specially relevant to professionals from the financial and banking sectors, retail and hospitality sectors, oil and gas sectors, telecom and IT sectors as well as insurance and healthcare sectors.
Mr. Mourtada, has an impressive track record of over decade where he has taught a multitude of auditing and fraud examination related courses to multinational corporations and government entities globally and has to his credit as a subject specialist who has trained over 10,000 professionals across the world.
The programme will cover a range of areas pertinent to the subject including investigative security issues; modern approach to computer investigations; digital forensics, email and electric file analysis; and legal guidelines for digital investigation.
Last year, Mr. Mourtada conducted a workshop of PwC’s Academy in Colombo on fraud investigation which received an overwhelming response due to the unique manner in which he conducted the programme.