„Taking cyber security seriously and adopting processes and procedures that promote and uphold it across your firm can be the difference between commercial success and failure.”
In a recent article in the online magazine Accountancy Age, and promoted by IFAC Knowledge Gateway, Stephen Franklyn, director of Lithium Systems and an outsourcing IT support and technology specialist discusses why accountancy firms should see cyber security as a priority for their daily operations and for the long-run success of their business, while also recommending a few steps to protect both data and their reputation.
Why is cyber security important to all businesses, especially to those dealing with numbers and money? Any device that is capable of establishing an internet connection becomes a potential gate for a cyber-attacker to get inside and not only access or compromise data. This means not only a very serious threat to your business in terms of costs and logistics, but also a loss of reputation and client confidence.
Using the services of an IT support company, keeping abreast with the IT evolutions in your field and not only, being proactive and well-informed are just a few of the solutions available to any successful accounting firm.
To find more about cyber security, please visit the Accountancy Age webpage.
