

This knowledge allows you to tailor your evaluation strategies to the organization.

This cycle includes evaluating areas of potential fraud and identifying symptoms or red flags for frauds. A good understanding of the industry in general, along with the business environment, will give you a baseline for comparison purposes. To start the cycle one must understand the whole business well and, specifically, the subsidiary, division, or business unit being reviewed. The stages are evaluation and analysis, software and technology, and the audit and investigation stage.

THE DATA ANALYSIS CYCLE is a three-stage cycle that is constantly changing, and which must be adjusted to in order to be effective.
