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Financial Industry Security: A Qualitative Study for Reducing Internal Fraud in Banking Institutions  

Suh, Joon Bae (Counter-Fraud and Security Management)
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Korean Security Journal / v., no.56, 2018 , pp. 165-185 More about this Journal
Abstract
Because financial industry is closely related to the daily lives of people, internal fraud such as embezzlement by the employees can cause serious damage to the national economy, including credit crunch and contagious bankruptcy, as once demonstrated in the Savings Bank Scandal in 2011. Therefore, the importance of financial industry security is being emphasized and developed into converged security that combines physical, human and cyber security. In this study, to prevent fraud caused by internal employees in Korean financial sector, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with a total of 16 participants including bankers, officials of financial regulators, and security experts, who were in charge of risk management in the industry. The collected data were analyzed at three stratification levels such as individual, organization, and socio-cultural factor. Based on this analysis, policy recommendations were suggested for the development of financial industry security and reducing internal fraud in banking institutions.
Keywords
Financial Industry Security; Internal Fraud; Bank Fraud; Qualitative Study; Financial Institutions;
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