Understanding Cybersecurity

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

7 Ways To Secure Your Firm From Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks

Have you ever heard of Business Email Compromise? It’s a scam not unlike phishing. But while phishing scams can now be easily spotted because of tell-tale red flags in phishing emails, BEC schemes rely on looking like human activity. These schemes typically get control of an email  account and then requests for a bank transfer or […] Read more

Keeping On Top Of Mobile Device Security

2020 has been a year of change, the most notable being the work from home revolution that the COVID-19 pandemic brought about. Businesses that operated on a 9-5, 5 days a week in the office had to shift gears and consider remote work options in order to keep processes running smoothly while keeping team members […] Read more

10 Work From Home Tips by Practice Protect

In the wake of COVID-19 disrupting the normal 9-5 and team members reporting to the office, most firms have gone the remote work route. While some firms have already had remote work or work from home options before, most have never done this before.   Working from home opens up team members to risk, as they’re […] Read more
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