Technology December 18, 2024
Crowe Launches Cyber Risk Management Solution
The top 15 accounting firm and X-Analytics, a cyber risk decisioning application, announced Dec. 17 the launch of Crowe Cyber Economic Risk Analyzer.
February 12, 2014
New Email Encryption Tool Available to Accounting, Law Firms
Online data security is always a concern for businesses large and small, and accounting firms should be especially cautious since they frequently manage the most sensitive client information. A new email encryption tool is now available to help these professionals keep that data safer.
February 4, 2014
Bloomberg BNA Enhances Data Security Resource Center
High-value analytical features help practitioners navigate U.S. and global privacy and security law
February 3, 2014
Small Business Employees Give Their Bosses a B-Minus
Are you a small business owner? How do you think your employees rate your management capabilities. Or, if you work for a small business, how do you think your bosses are doing?
January 30, 2014
Keeping SSNs and TINs Secure is Critical
As the IRS struggles to curb rising tax-identity theft rates, business tax e-filing service efile4biz.com is protecting its users by taking every possible precaution to keep stored data from falling into the wrong hands.
January 22, 2014
Experts Warn of Scam Emails About Data Breach at Target
In the aftermath of the data breach that potentially exposed the credit and debit card information for 80 million shoppers, Target sent out an official email stating that the company would offer one free year of credit monitoring through Experian.
January 20, 2014
Does Your Firm Have a Data Breach Response Plan?
Accounting firms are repositories of personal information and have become targets for criminal hackers. They are like an auto accident waiting to happen.
January 14, 2014
Small Retailers Lagging on Data Security, IT Compliance
Small- and mid-sized retailers aren't keeping up with the technologies they need to ensure customer data security and compliance, according to a new survey.
January 12, 2014
Backup is Still Important – Options and Strategies for Accounting Firms
Data is king. Keeping it stored safely and securely is critical. Whether you are operating in the cloud, from an office, or from your home you need to be thoughtful about your data. In my professional life, strategies for keeping data safe have been mandatory for over 40 years.
January 7, 2014
E-Signatures – The New Normal
Business as usual, well, just is not usual anymore. With mobility at our fingertips, we are no longer tethered to a hardwired environment and the now-standard workplace stretches beyond an office or cubical. Let us not forget that you can forget working 9 to 5.
December 9, 2013
2014 IT Predictions and 2013 Results
Winston Churchill once said “It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than we can see” which is applicable to many CPA firm partners that are so busy and focused on getting today’s work done that they seldom take the time to think about how they can improve their practices to…
November 21, 2013
IRS Needs to Take Action Against Cyber Threats to Better Protect Taxpayer Data
The Treasury Department agency tasked with overseeing the Internal Revenue Service has issued a report saying that the nation's taxing authority needs to do a better job of tracking its efforts to eliminate identified flaws in the security of systems involving taxpayer data.
November 20, 2013
AICPA: Accounting Firms Increasing Adoption of Cloud Services
More CPA firms are embracing cloud solutions to transform their business, although with a greater focus on data security than a year ago, according to a recent survey by CPA2Biz, the technology subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs.