Each month during the second half of 2015, the KC Business Journal is hosting a roundtable with a panel of experts discussing a topic relevant in business today. This month, the focus was fraud/risk.

Given that corruption, billing schemes, check tampering, card skimming and other variations of theft frequent the business world, they can cost business owners time, money and even company reputation. But preventing an occurrence can also be costly, so how can organizations protect their interests across the board?

KC Business Journal Fraud-Risk RoundtableRyan Weber, president of KCnext, moderated the discussion to provide area business owners such guidance about how to protect themselves and their customers. TechOrchard’s Phil Poje was one of the guest panelists, along with Amy Grothaus of Community America Credit Union and Shauna Woody-Coussens of BKD. Together, these fraud and risk experts shared ideas on how business owners can prevent joining the ever-growing list of companies coping with data breaches in a cost-effective manner.

Download the special section now to read the conversation and learn how to leverage these ideas to minimize risk and prevent fraud in your business.