Understanding Cybersecurity

5 Ways Cyber Security Changed Forever in 2025

As we near the end of the year, we’re looking back at the major cyber security shake-ups that happened in 2025. As part of our mission to protect Australian accounting professionals, we’ve been adapting and evolving to shut down these new threats as they’ve emerged. We’re proud to defend 28,000+ accounting professionals within our protection borders with Cloud Best Practice 2025.4.  When it comes down to it, the protection perimeter is broadening. […] Read more

Remote Work Is Blurring the Line Between Productivity and Risk in 2025 — Here’s How Accounting Professionals Can Respond

The hybrid and remote work era has shifted far beyond mere location changes. For accounting professionals, the boundary between personal and professional technology use is increasingly porous. Devices are now shared spaces, creating multi-modal user access, where a laptop or mobile is used for client tax returns and bank portal access during business hours and […] Read more

The Devil is Still in the Email: What BEC Looks Like in 2025

Phishing used to be scams hiding behind fake login pages or emails with typos and bad grammar. Now, Business Email Compromise (BEC) has taken its place with a vicious, targeted, multi-channel attack that blends credential theft and AI-crafted social engineering. Today’s BEC attacks aren’t bulk spam. It’s tailored and contextually precise fraud: a stolen login, […] Read more

Cyber Security for Accountants in 2025: How Accounting Tech Stacks are Uniquely at Risk 

Australian accountants have long been global leaders in cloud adoption. From the earliest adopters of Xero to firms implementing AI-driven analytics, they’ve harnessed cloud technology to drive efficiency, serve clients better, and automate repetitive tasks. Cloud-first workflows have now become the standard in the accounting profession   But innovation comes at a cost. With every advancement, […] Read more

The Wild West of AI: How Accounting Professionals Can Protect Data Integrity in the AI Revolution

A decade ago, accounting firms transformed operations by migrating ledgers and workflows to the cloud, adopting security frameworks that provided clear guidelines for managing data.   Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining accounting at a pace unmatched by previous technological shifts. Unlike the measured rollout of cloud security, AI adoption has surged ahead without consistent security […] Read more
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