Fraud risk assessment
This guidance include principles and methods taken from leading fraud risk assessment practices across sectors, which fraud control practitioners and fraud risk managers can then apply or adapt to suit individual circumstances.
It will also help fraud specialists, government officials (including policy designers) and senior leaders better understand the fraud risk assessment process and its benefits.
Fraud risk assessment good practice guide
Fraud risk assessments are a way for fraud risk managers to identify fraud risks and vulnerabilities within their agencies. Fraud risk assessments can help leaders understand fraud risks and enable them to make better decisions about how to manage them. This fraud risk assessment good practice guide is a useful tool for carrying out assessments in the public sector.
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Fraud risk assessment good practice guide (PDF 1 MB)
Fraud risk assessment template
This fraud risk assessment template can be used by agencies to document their fraud risk assessment process. The template will be useful if your organisation does not have an existing template, or if you want to tailor your existing assessment.
This template provides a step-by-step approach that aligns with recommended good practice. Further detail about these steps can be found in the fraud risk assessment good practice guide above.
Instructions about how to use the template can be found in the first tab of the document.
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Fraud risk assessment template (XLSX 213 KB)