Category: Accountants

Want to know the real reasons why firms suffer disastrous cyber breaches?

No, this is not an article about technology. It’s a high-level summary of the underlying circumstances which, in our experience, allow cyber attacks to succeed....

Accountancy Practices: Why cyber insurance is not a substitute for cyber risk management.

It is essential to understand the difference between cyber risk management and cyber insurance. There is no substitute for having proper cyber risk management in...

Accountancy Practices: Cyber Risk Management is a Board Level Responsibility

Given the rising cyber threat landscape, and the significant repercussions on a business following a breach, cyber risk management has to be a critical senior...

Cyber & data security for accountants – Your legal obligations

Here is a short reminder of some basic legal obligations for accountancy practices....

Is Your Accountancy Firm Resilient To Ransomware Attacks?

Here's the bottom line. Ransomware is now the most significant cyber threat worldwide. Not only have ransomware attacks been rising year on year, but ransom...

Why and how do hackers target accountants?

We caught up with Mitigo co-founder David Fleming to grab some insight and to ask why and how cyber criminals target accountants. We hope it...

DO YOU KNOW YOUR ‘PHISHING’ FROM A ‘FIREWALL’?

Don’t worry, you are not alone. Phraseology in and around cyber security is notoriously user-unfriendly. Our cyber security guide will help you make sense of it all.