Cyber Security

Breached data of Australian consumers for sale on public forums

The high-profile Medibank, Optus, and MyDeal breaches are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to data exposed due to cyber threats and hacks in Australia. The highly sensitive data and information of Australians are being traded online, ABC Investigations reports. This data includes logins for Australian Tax Office accounts, along with medical […] Read more

How To Protect Your Firm From The Current Cyber Threat

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

7 Email Security Best Practices For Accounting & Bookkeeping Firms

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

4 Essential Legal Documents For Meeting Your Cyber Security Policy Obligations

Technology and cloud accounting have done wonders for the accounting industry. However,  with greater volumes of sensitive data comes increased cyber security risk. The good news is that those risks can be mitigated and managed.   Yet most accounting firms DON’T currently have the Cyber Security Policy documents in place to comply with current data breach […] Read more

6 Security Questions to Ask When Outsourcing Accounting Services

More than half of all data breaches are the result of bad outsourcing decisions. Learn how to make sure you’re in the other half. Accounting is among the industries that have the most to gain from outsourcing. By focusing on what you do best, you can ensure superior services to your clients and add more […] Read more
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