How to Overcome Government Payment Fraud with Speed and Scale

May 21, 2026

Government payment fraud is a fast-growing risk for public sector organisations in Australia and globally. From welfare and healthcare payments to business grants and disaster relief, increasingly sophisticated organised criminal networks and other actors exploit complex, high-volume government programs to unlawfully access public funds. The impact is significant—billions lost, program integrity undermined, and essential resources diverted.

Sarah Sloan, Head of Cybersecurity Policy for APAC at Cisco, discussed the findings from our latest report "Protecting the Public Purse: How Trust and Tech Can Prevent Government Payment Fraud” with Australia’s Ticker News,
and shares what government agencies can do to defend with speed and scale.

Download the whitepaper here: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/form/prevent-govt-payment-fraud.html