Practice Protect Resource Library

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

Over $3,360,000 have been lost since the outbreak of COVID-19 (Scamwatch, 2020).  The ‘new normal’ brought many challenges with it, and scammers and cyber criminals took full advantage of this new state of living.   Here are the most common scams we have seen in the past 6 months: Superannuation Scam In April, scammers took full […] Read more

We’re receiving a lot of queries about the heightened ‘state actor’ threat in the current news. Here’s a short 3-minute article that will give you the scoop on how the majority of breaches happen to SME Accounting firms and what you can to do protect your firm from them. Understanding How it Happens  When people […] Read more

In a central office, accounting firms can exert strong control over how their team members manage sensitive client data. But when teams transition to a hybrid or work-from-home environment, much of that control gets lost and additional risks can arise. Luckily, there are some simple policies, settings and tools that firms can deploy to significantly reduce […] Read more

“The biggest thing for our practice over the last 10 years really has been the all-encompassing move from desktop to cloud and that’s been a very big shift.” Rob Petagna, Argentum Consulting We sit down with Rob Petagna, Director of Argentum Consulting, to ask him how moving to the cloud impacted his firm, and what […] Read more

In most accounting firms, email remains the primary communication channel, meaning that email security needs to be a primary focus for firms. It’s easy to think that just because you use email passwords or even a password management tool, you’re safe from cyber threats.  This is not the case. In fact, email is the most […] Read more