Collaborative Audit Management System
A method includes recording audit results from an audit being conducted on a computer searchable storage device, recording supporting documentation on the computer searchable storage device, searching the storage device for similar prior audits to reveal fraud patterns utilizing a database search engine, and correlating the fraud patterns with the audit being conducted.
1 . A method comprising:
recording audit results from an audit being conducted on a computer searchable storage device;
recording supporting documentation on the computer searchable storage device;
searching the storage device for similar prior audits to reveal fraud patterns utilizing a database search engine; and
correlating the fraud patterns with the audit being conducted.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the supporting documentation includes text documenting discussions with people interviewed during the audit.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the supporting documentation includes emails collected during the audit.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the emails are used to prioritize audit candidates prior to authorizing an audit.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the supporting documentation includes third party comments regarding persons responsible for an area being audited.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the searching comprises an unstructured search of both the audit results and supporting documentation.
7 . The method of claim 6 wherein the database search engine also performs the correlation of the fraud patterns.
8 . The method of claim 6 wherein the storage device stores the audit results and supporting documentation in an in memory database.
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the supporting documentation includes mobile device originated photographs.
10 . A computer readable storage device having code for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
recording audit results from an audit being conducted on a computer searchable storage device;
recording supporting documentation on the computer searchable storage device;
searching the storage device for similar prior audits to reveal fraud patterns utilizing a database search engine; and
correlating the fraud patterns with the audit being conducted.
11 . The computer readable storage device of claim 10 wherein the supporting documentation includes emails and photographs collected during the audit.
12 . The computer readable storage device of claim 11 wherein the emails are used to prioritize audit candidates prior to authorizing an audit.
13 . The computer readable storage device of claim 10 wherein the searching comprises an unstructured search of both the audit results and supporting documentation.
14 . The computer readable storage device of claim 13 wherein the database search engine also performs the correlation of the fraud patterns.
15 . The computer readable storage device of claim 13 wherein the storage device stores the audit results and supporting documentation in an in memory database.
16 . A system comprising:
a processor;
a database system;
a communications port to send and receive communications to and from auditing devices; and
a storage device containing processor executable code to cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
recording audit results from an audit being conducted on the database system;
recording supporting documentation on the database system;
searching the database system for similar prior audits to reveal fraud patterns utilizing a database system search engine; and
correlating the fraud patterns with the audit being conducted.
17 . The system of claim 16 wherein the supporting documentation includes text documenting discussions with people interviewed during the audit.
18 . The system of claim 16 wherein the supporting documentation includes emails and photographs collected during the audit.
19 . The system claim 16 wherein the searching comprises an unstructured search of both the audit results and supporting documentation.
20 . The method of claim 19 wherein the database system comprises an in memory database including analytic capabilities.