What is the Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner?

The Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Security Management.

How long does this certification take?

The programme is 10 Weeks and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Intermediate Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

You can enrol by emailing info@certifications.ac, contacting us via WhatsApp at +254 722 223 084, or filling the enrolment form below.

Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner in New Zealand

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

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Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner

Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner: industry context, trends and professional standards
Security principles and protective concepts
The security profession, roles and standards
The threat landscape and security environment
Security governance and management systems
Physical, personnel and information security
Deterrence, detection, delay and response
Duty of care and legal framework
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Security as a business enabler
Career pathways and professional development

Investigation Principles

Investigation practice and evidence handling
Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Working with police, regulators and the justice system
Layered defence and site protection
Incident management and response
Emergency preparedness and planning
Incident response and command
Crisis management and command
Business continuity and resilience
Crowd, event and public space safety
Bomb threats and suspicious items
Active-threat and hostile events
Recovery and post-incident review
Exercises, drills and testing
Personnel security and vetting

Evidence and Chain of Custody

Investigation practice and evidence handling
Working with police, regulators and the justice system
Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Security of surveillance and access systems
Governance of converged security
Emerging cyber-physical threats
Capstone scoping: a real security challenge
Threat and risk assessment
Designing a security programme or solution
Cost, feasibility and control analysis
Implementation and response plan
Testing, exercises and assurance
Threat identification and assessment
Vulnerability assessment and surveys
Criticality and asset identification

Interviewing and Statements

Investigation practice and evidence handling
Insider threat and personnel security
Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Incident and response performance
Audits, inspections and assurance
Continuous improvement in security
Cost-effectiveness of controls
Security maturity assessment
Driving measurable security improvement
Information security fundamentals
Protecting data and information assets
Cyber-physical systems and OT security
Converged security operations
Access, identity and credential security
Insider threat and data loss prevention

Loss, Fraud and Asset Cases

Cash, assets and loss prevention
Investigation practice and evidence handling
Insider threat and personnel security
Incident response across cyber and physical
Security surveys and audits
Physical security design and layered defence
Perimeter protection and barriers
Access control systems and identity management
Locks, keys and credential management
Visitor and contractor management
Intrusion detection systems
Security lighting and CPTED
Guard force deployment and patrols
Control rooms and command centres
Physical security testing and assurance

Working With the Justice System

Working with police, regulators and the justice system
Investigation practice and evidence handling
Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Security culture and awareness
Leading security teams
Aligning security with business goals
Principles of close protection
Threat and risk assessment for principals
Advance work and route planning
Protective formations and drills
Secure transport and driving
Venue and residence security
Emergency and medical response
Etiquette and low-profile operations
Communications and coordination

Reporting and Accountability

Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Investigation practice and evidence handling
Security risk assessment and proportionate response
Post orders and standard operating procedures
Security programme design and budgeting
Security metrics and reporting
Convergence of physical and cyber security
Vendor and technology management
Legal and ethical protection
Travel risk management
Duty of care obligations
Country and destination risk
Hostile-environment awareness
Emergency evacuation planning
Traveller briefing and support

Cost, Assets and Loss

Brand and reputation as strategic assets
Value-based and dynamic pricing
Commercial negotiation and value capture
Budget, ROI and feasibility analysis
Value proposition and messaging
ROI, CAC and lifetime value
Customer lifetime value and profitability
Analytical techniques and bias
Carbon markets and climate finance
Preparing financial statements
Cost, performance and FinOps
Agricultural finance and credit for farmers
Cost-effectiveness and value-for-money analysis
Farm enterprise budgeting and gross-margin analysis
Agricultural finance, credit and investment appraisal

Data and Intelligence

Privacy, surveillance and data protection
Security KPIs and metrics
Electronic access and biometric systems
Data protection in surveillance
Evidence handling and chain of custody
Security intelligence collection and analysis
Intelligence-led and data-driven security
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Baseline surveys and data collection tools
Data analytics in audit
Evidence, judgement and scepticism
Metrics and reporting
Data migration and cleansing

Planning and Design

Leading security projects and change
Protective operations planning
Continuous improvement of programmes
Project management principles and lifecycle
Cost reduction and efficiency programmes
Compliance frameworks and programmes
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
Onboarding and induction programme design
Succession planning and talent pipelines
Reporting quality and governance
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
Forecasting and planning
Designing and facilitating groups
Designing an intervention or programme

People Risk

Insider threat management
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
NGO financial management and budget-versus-actual discipline
The customer experience (CX) discipline
Employee experience and engagement
Belonging, culture and employee resource groups
Customer (employee/manager) satisfaction
Recruitment marketing and candidate attraction
Employer branding and employee value proposition (EVP)
Data protection and employee privacy
The business analysis discipline and role
The sales pipeline and forecasting discipline
CRM, sales operations and data discipline

Audit and Standards

Sustaining improvement and benefits
Audit and compliance checks
Quality management systems and audits
Export readiness and standards
Roles, standards and professional conduct
Governance of service standards
Quality monitoring and coaching
Continuous improvement in service
Driving measurable service improvement
Designing a service or experience improvement
Coaching and quality monitoring
Assurance engagements and standards
Audit risk and materiality
Continuous improvement of delivery
Quality assurance and standards

Health and Safety

Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Customer and brand health metrics
Brand health and measurement
Grading, standards and food safety compliance
Regulatory compliance and biosafety
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
Safety management systems overview (ISO 45001)
Safety culture and leadership
Safety communication and campaigns
Industrial utilities, energy and process safety interfaces
Management accounts and dashboards
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis

Change and Modernisation

Measuring security transformation impact
Security transformation and modernisation
Technology adoption and integration
Variations, claims and delay: managing change on site
Change talk and readiness
Change control and configuration
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects
Agile and digital transformation projects
Measuring change and project impact
Baseline setting and change control
Customer experience transformation
Digital and self-service transformation
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking

Service and Public Interface

Customer onboarding and lifecycle
Banking products, services and delivery channels
Customer and community engagement
Data ethics and customer privacy
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Know Your Customer and enhanced due diligence
Data protection and customer privacy
Data, analytics and customer insight
Customer segmentation and needs analysis
Customer journey and experience design
Customer journey mapping and service design
Customer retention, loyalty and lifetime value
Market research and customer insight methods
Voice of the customer and acting on feedback
Presentation and public speaking

Records and Procedure

Lessons learned and knowledge management
Professional documentation and presentation
Agri-enterprise planning and farm records
Farm records, bookkeeping and management accounting
Record-keeping and management accounting
Process and control documentation
Tender planning and documentation
Knowledge management and capability building
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
Record-keeping and data protection
Data, records and confidentiality tech

Strategy and Governance

Board and management reporting
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks
Offer management, negotiation and pre-boarding
Retention strategy and turnover analysis
Vendor management and system governance
Management and board reporting
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Data visualisation for finance
Decision support and insight
Policy, planning and objectives
Strategic alignment of investments
Product and portfolio strategy
Go-to-market and channel strategy
Growth strategy and demand generation

Contractors and Supply

Supply chain and cargo security
Guard force and contractor management
Payables, procurement controls and supplier fraud
Contractor and visitor safety
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Fair trade and responsible supply
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Vendor selection and management

Security Practice

Investigations and recovery
Security operations management
Guard force management and supervision
Access control, screening and visitor management
Security technology selection and operation
Influencing and security awareness
Team leadership in security operations
Professional ethics and conduct in security
Investigation principles and process
Digital forensics and cybercrime
Fraud and internal-threat investigation
Cybersecurity and fraud technology
Communicating financial results
Claims investigation and fraud indicators
Insurance regulation and consumer protection

Risk and Resilience

Presenting risk and recommendations
Underwriting principles and risk selection
Duty of care and risk management
Managing risk and difficult cases
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Project management maturity assessment
Financial risk in projects
Risk identification and analysis
Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
Risk response and contingency
Integrated risk and quality control
How insurance works: risk pooling and the value chain
Managing growth, risk and resilience
Situation analysis and diagnostic assessment
Implementation planning and risk management

Legal and Regulatory

Working with law enforcement and regulators
Regulatory compliance and licensing
Compliance and regulatory projects
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Attachment and developmental theory
Portfolio of evidence and reflective practice
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Regulatory and fair-treatment obligations
The regulatory landscape and central banking
Regulatory duty and accountability
Risk, compliance and feasibility analysis
Regulatory liquidity ratios (LCR, NSFR)
Contract law and formation
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
Tax compliance and the tax risk agenda

Operations and Supervision

Technology selection and deployment
Outcome and process measures
Value addition and processing decisions
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Agro-processing and value addition
Journey and process redesign
Customer-centric operating models
Operational efficiency and productivity
Reconciliation and end-of-day processes
Operating-model and process re-engineering
Designing a banking solution or process
Process automation and workflow
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Productivity, collaboration and workflow tools
Process improvement and lean thinking

Security Technology

Drones, sensors and detection technology
Equipment and technology
Digital and market transformation
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Irrigation systems: surface, sprinkler and drip design
Appropriate and small-scale mechanisation technologies
Digital advisory, e-extension and mobile services
Data-driven decision support and analytics
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Market systems and price discovery
Closed-loop feedback systems
Data quality and governance
Emerging project technologies
Digital disruption and modern go-to-market
Digital and data-driven go-to-market

Emergency and Incident

Crisis communications
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Emergency preparedness and response planning
Business continuity and crisis management
Innovation in protective operations
Coordination with teams and agencies
Stakeholder mapping and liaison
Managing sensitive communications
Root cause analysis and corrective action on the line
Costing production: standard costs, variances and the true cost of scrap
Peer support and consultation
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies

Personnel and Capability

Leading project teams
Team development and effectiveness
Coaching and developing team members
Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
Building high-performing project teams
Team leadership in sales and marketing
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Team leadership in field and project settings
Client feedback and satisfaction
Workforce management and scheduling
Leading service teams
Team leadership in banking operations
Training needs analysis
Career and talent development
Capability and skills frameworks

Ethics and Conduct

Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Accountability and follow-through
Ethics of technology in practice
Professional ethics and responsibility (PMI)
Professional standards and ethics
Marketing and sales ethics
Evidence-based improvement
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Ethics and duty of care
Professional ethics and duty of care
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Setting goals, roles and accountability

Leadership and Command

Report writing and case management
Journey management and risk
Relationship management and cross-selling
Sales performance and pipeline management
Liquidity and funding management
Investment portfolio management
Thought leadership
Category management and strategy
Key account management and account planning
Tenders, proposals and the bid decision
Performance management systems and cycles
Lessons learned and development
Management review and improvement
Leadership versus management and when each is needed
Situational and adaptive leadership

Communication and Reporting

Professional report writing
Management reporting and decision support
The finance function, month-end close and reporting cycle
Board reporting and information flows
Governance of ESG and reporting
Environmental monitoring and reporting
Toolbox talks and safety communication
Communicating vision and telling stories
Executive communication and presence
Cross-cultural communication
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Professional writing and reports
Psychoeducation and public communication
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
Reporting to boards and executives

Stakeholders and Liaison

Community and tenant engagement
Psychoeducation and workshops
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Corporate social responsibility and community impact
Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules
Regulatory reporting and audits
Stakeholder and gap analysis
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Partnering and co-creation with customers
Negotiation with clients and partners
Stakeholder communications

Professional Leadership Practice

Working with organisations on wellbeing
Water resources, catchment and on-farm water management
Omnichannel and channel management
Queue management and service flow
Front-office and reception management
Relationship management and retention
Performance management in service
Handling escalations as a leader
Team leadership in customer service
Teller operations, cash handling and vault management
Operational efficiency and channel management
Reconciliation and nostro/vostro management
Sanctions screening and PEP management
Theories and models of leadership and management
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CECFE certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with ASIS, ISO and recognised security-management standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CECFE?

This certification is ideal for Security Officers and Supervisors, Security Managers and Consultants, Investigators and Intelligence Analysts and Loss Prevention and Protection Specialists, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in security risk management, physical protection and investigations with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CECFE certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 10 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CECFE internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CECFE certification?

The Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 349 and Live Virtual at USD 549. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CECFE certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CECFE?

The Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CECFE?

The Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CECFE while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CECFE?

Graduates progress towards senior security-management and CSO roles. The CECFE strengthens your expertise in security risk management, physical protection and investigations and positions you for advancement across corporates, critical infrastructure, government and protective services.

Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner