The British Post Office scandal, widely regarded as the most extensive miscarriage of justice in U.K. legal history, saw over 3,500 sub-postmasters and postmistresses wrongfully accused of theft, false accounting, and fraud between 1999 and 2015. The root cause? Errors in the Horizon accounting software, not the actions of those accused. This session will explore how effective anomaly detection could have prevented this tragedy and discuss the role of artificial intelligence in safeguarding even the most complex systems from similar failures.
Learning objectives:
1) Understand the critical value of anomaly detection and how its application could have prevented the British Post Office scandal.
2) Learn how to leverage artificial intelligence to enhance anomaly detection and fortify complex systems against failures.
3) Master the effective use of detective controls when implementing new IT systems to prevent similar issues.
