the risk management blog

byLowers & Associates | October 23, 2019

Risk management is a top priority for businesses that seek to avoid or minimize potential losses. Often, their efforts are focused on the threats that are most likely to transpire and could result in the most significant damages, those…

byLowers & Associates | July 16, 2019

Carbon Black estimates that more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen in the first half of 2018 alone. And though cryptocurrency custodians must wrestle with some of the same security risks as traditional financial markets do, the crypto…

byLowers & Associates | June 20, 2019

It is no secret that cryptocurrency is captivating audiences and opportunists on a global scale. By utilizing the cryptocurrency model of block chain technology, users can perform transactions more quickly and anonymously. As such, many believe cryptocurrency was initially…

byLowers & Associates | May 28, 2019

Can the Fraud Triangle Help Us Understand How the Higher Ed Admissions Bribery Scandal Happened?   High-profile stories of fraud in corporate America are commonplace, but the details surrounding Operation Varsity Blues – the biggest college admissions bribery scandal…

byLowers & Associates | May 08, 2019

Cryptocurrencies have two faces that present two different sets of custodial issues. One face of these digital assets is that they are weightless strings of binary code that can be flashed around the globe instantaneously. They are accessed through…