{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Inside IOFM\u2019s Vendor Management & Fraud Prevention Workshops","description":"In this episode, AP expert Debra Richardson joins host Grace Berube to walk through the five sessions she is presenting in 2026 on vendor management and fraud prevention \u2014 four of which are new. All five connect in some way to fraud, covering everything from hands-on workshops on vendor authentication and process design, to a specialist-focused session on daily fraud prevention, a cross-departmental look at how other teams can inadvertently undermine vendor controls, and a crowd-sourced session where attendees share their own real fraud experiences and get peer and expert feedback in real time. Debra also makes the case for networking as seriously as you take formal learning, because peer connections often turn out to be just as valuable as the sessions themselves. WHAT YOU\u2019LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE What\u2019s inside Debra\u2019s flagship three-hour workshop on vendor authentication, validation, and management \u2014 including the two additions she\u2019s made for 2026 and why she updates the framework every year. How a companion workshop lets attendees apply what they\u2019ve learned by walking through their own vendor processes and identifying gaps in real time. Why standard cybersecurity training often misses what AP specialists actually face daily \u2014 and what a dedicated internal controls session can do to fill that gap at the user level. How other departments like IT, procurement, and treasury can unknowingly create vulnerabilities in the vendor master file, illustrated by Debra\u2019s own experience discovering purchasing had edit access to critical vendor contact data. Why Debra\u2019s crowd-sourced fraud session stands apart: instead of press-release case studies, participants share their own attempted and successful fraud stories \u2014 with full details and real solutions \u2014 and get live feedback from peers and experts. ","author_name":"The IOFM Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.iofm.com","html":"