Understanding Cybersecurity

Protecting your accounting firm from email fraud and compromise

There was a 150% year-on-year increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks from 2021 to 2022, according to a report by Abnormal Intelligence. Business Email Compromise, or BEC attacks, are sophisticated scams that target businesses and individuals through social engineering or phishing emails. They are extremely convincing, sometimes even meaning that hackers have gained access to your email systems. […] Read more

How can accounting firms train their team members to be cyber secure?

Are you keeping your accounting firm team up to date with cybersecurity training? 82% of data breaches involve a human element, according to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breaches Investigations Report. Human error can be as simple as an employee not recognizing a phishing email and being tricked into giving away their credentials. With these sobering facts […] Read more

Managing remote teams effectively

Retaining talent is front of mind for firm owners and managers, especially in 2022 and beyond. New findings from research into the “Great Resignation” suggest that 76% of accounting and finance employees want their companies to make work permanently flexible. As a firm owner or manager, how do you balance this desire for remote work […] Read more

How holistic cybersecurity can solve your offshore risks

Across the world, 54% of companies are reporting talent shortages. The Accounting industry isn’t spared from this, with around three-quarters of firms within the industry “feeling the strain” from a lack of skilled workers (Accountancy Today). Offshore employment, or offshoring, is a common solution that Accounting firms are employing to answer the skill shortage. New […] Read more

Network Security For Accounting Firms

We’ve written an article before about how to protect your non-cloud assets. In it, we emphasised how Network Security is one of the key non-cloud assets that Accounting firms need to protect. In a more in-depth look at how to make sure your firm is working with a secure network, we present our 5 tips […] Read more
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