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Cyber Security: Best Practices for CPA Firms

  • CPA (US)
  • CFE
  • CMA
  • CPA in Canada
  • Accountant/Bookkeeper/Tax Professionals
Cyber Security CPE Ebook Courses

Free (Only Today)

1 Credit

Subject Area

Information Technology
  • Course Description
  • Course Qualification
  • Presenter
  • FAQ

Course Description

Course Description

Cybercriminals have discovered that tax and accounting firms have a wealth of personal information stored on their local computer networks and that your office network is the weakest link in the chain of custody for a taxpayer’s most personal financial information. To put a finer point on it, in the era of COVID-19 social distancing rules, you are likely managing some or all of your business, and working from home or in a non-public-facing way.

Whether you work remotely or in the office, how do you secure your network? 

Securing your office systems in a local or wide area network environment is required for the retention of taxpayer data. Having a good, foundational understanding of your responsibility to secure your clients’ data and how cyber thieves operate is the best way to secure your data, and should let you sleep a little better at night!

A cybersecurity breach is very costly to both clients and the CPA firm. Forensic discovery, remediation, determination of exfiltration of data, reporting requirements, and cost of outside counsel to protect the CPA firm's litigation exposure will typically cost $70,000 to $300,000, in the experience of clients of the cybersecurity company of one of the authors. Cyber insurance can cover some of these costs but not nearly all of them.

Extortion based on client-sensitive or firm-sensitive data is the new twist to a breach. Such extortion attempts may threaten retaliatory disclosure of client or company data on the internet, the value of which may be over $2 million per incident in one author's company's client experience.

This CPE E-Book is designed for individuals who would like to obtain a basic understanding of cyber-security.

Learning Objectives

  • To discuss how remote working is potentially creating more opportunities for hackers and malware.
  • To analyze ransomware attacks.
  • To inspect how to avoid email hacker attacks.
  • To discuss loss prevention tips for disappearing client funds.
  • To investigate how to prevent hacker attacks on tax return preparation.

Course Qualification

Webinar Qualifies For

  • 1 CPE Credit of Information Technology for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US)
  • 1 General Credit of Information Technology for Accountant/Bookkeeper/Tax Professionals
  • 1 CPD Credit of Information Technology for CPA in Canada
  • 1 CPE Credit of Information Technology for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
  • 1 CPE Credit of Information systems for Certified Management Accountants (CMA)

Additional details

  • Course Level :
    Basic
  • Credits :
    1
  • Pre-requisites :
    None
  • Advance Preparation :
    None

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Presenter

About Presenter

Mike Goossen

Advisor, Entigrity Solutions LLC


Mike has more than 30 years of experience as a CPA. As Vice President at Entigrity Remote Staffing, he has advised 500+ accounting firms in leveraging remote working and offshore staffing for higher growth and profitability. He is also the author of “Principles of High Performance Leadership”.






About Company

Entigrity Solutions LLC

www.entigrity.com/

Entigrity is a leading offshore staffing solutions provider to 600+ accounting and tax firms situated across the US, CA, and the UK). The company helps small and mid-sized accounting firms hire qualified and experienced offshore staff that works from our offices in India.

Headquartered in Sugar Land, TX, Entigrity has 7 offshore offices located across India; 3 of them in Ahmedabad and 1 each in Indore, Vadodara, Rajkot & Kochi. They are an ISO 27001:2013 certified organization for information security and ISO 9001:2013 certification for quality management. They exceed the standard compliances for best business practices in terms of information security and quality management. Entigrity has provided consultation/advice to over 3000 accountants and assisted them in converting some of their core challenges into opportunities. 

Faq

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Ratings and Review

4.2

139 Ratings

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Very Good

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JW

Jay Weiner, CPA (US)

Mar 26th, 2024

great tips

XJ

Xuan Jin, Accountant/Bookkeeper/Tax Professionals

Aug 7th, 2023

good

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Allyse Lobonc, CPA (US)

Dec 30th, 2021

good

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Marissa Hoffmann, CFE, CPA (US)

May 31st, 2023

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Paul Odonnell, CPA (US)

Dec 27th, 2021

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