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Saving Passwords in Browsers We’ve all been there. You sign up for ANOTHER website and have to create ANOTHER password… Luckily (or not as is the case) your browser comes to the rescue and says ‘Would you like me to save your password?’ You click save, and think that’s the end of it. You don’t […]

The Hackers Treasure Trove Email inboxes, and the treasure trove of information they contain, are now the number one risk for accounting firms. Any email that can be accessed externally by a phone or remote device is susceptible to hacking, and even emails still on a server can be at risk. One of the reasons […]

Why your firm needs to introduce passphrases The common thinking with passwords has generally been; the more symbols and alphanumerics, the more secure it is. We are now finding that this is irrelevant as we’re seeing passwords containing different symbols and alphanumerics being breached more and more frequently. The reason why is that characters don’t […]

This article is a follow up to the two factor – what and why article which overviewed what two factor is and why it’s coming to the accounting industry so rapidly. It is a quick two-minute non-tech plain-speak on how firms will approach two-factor in 2019 without impacting productivity. What is identity? “Identity” is the […]

This short article provides accountants and bookkeepers with a key point overview on why their apps are going to start implementing two factor authentication and how that works. Why are my apps implementing two factor authentication? The ATO is currently rolling out it’s ‘operational framework’ which means software that lodges or contains superannuation and/or payroll […]

If you work in, or run, an accounting firm that relies on a server, I’m going to explain how a recent technology announcement by Microsoft represents the most significant opportunity to reduce cost and complexity of IT to your firm in recent years. I’ll stay away from any technical talk and keep this confined to […]