Industries
Accounting & Tax
Protection that holds through filing season.
Accounting practices concentrate exactly what an attacker wants: identity details, bank information and financial records for many organisations, held by one firm.
The workload is also intensely seasonal, which means downtime during a filing period is far more damaging than the same outage two months later.
Sector pressures
Technology pressures in Accounting & Tax
Seasonal peaks
Capacity and availability requirements change dramatically through the year.
Client document exchange
Sensitive records arrive by email unless a better route is made easy.
Software and portal access
Practice, filing and client systems each hold access that must be controlled and revoked properly.
Record retention
Retention obligations extend for years and must survive hardware and staff changes.
Where we usually start
Where we usually focus for Accounting & Tax
Email & Phishing Protection
Filtering, sender authentication and mailbox compromise detection.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Protected copies that are isolated, monitored and proven to restore.
Identity & Access Security
Multi-factor, conditional access and privileged account control.
Managed Cybersecurity
Layered protection across identity, endpoints, email, network and cloud.
Collaboration & File Services
File structure, sharing policy and collaboration tools that people can use.
Managed IT Services
Your whole IT function, run and maintained as one accountable service.
A practical consideration for Accounting & Tax
Maintenance and change should be scheduled well outside filing periods. We plan the annual technology calendar around the practice calendar, not the other way round.