More than ever, accounting professionals are responsible for handling significant volumes of sensitive data through financial and personal pipelines, any of which could create a data leak if your firm falls prey to a cybersecurity attack. The time is now to prevent such a breach before it has devastating effects on your firm and your clients.

We’re coming up on almost six months since the last Scaling New Heights conference, but I still vividly remember the moment at that event when my entire view of how to secure my own firm and handle data security requirements changed for good, and for the better. It was during a keynote given by Swizznet’s Chief Technology Officer Wes Stillman when the a-ha moment happened.

With 72% of tax-filing adults in the US expressing some level of concern over their personal data being compromised when they file taxes, accounting professionals need to carefully consider threats connected to software, hardware, and communications channels.

If there’s one word that encapsulates the small business world, it’s dynamism. The pandemic functioned as a reboot for many small businesses, forcing them to reshape their services and structure in order to stay afloat. Others experienced a different, albeit better problem:  a struggle to build the foundations to support booming growth.