Data security

The Internal Revenue Service plans to end faxing of tax transcripts in June, and third-party mailing of tax returns and transcripts in July, to curb identity theft.

Following a week and a half of downtime after a security event, Cetrom has deployed AI as well as three additional new technologies to protect their clients.

The cloud hosting company was hit by a malicious virus and chose to shut all systems down to proactively prevent widespread data loss.

It's easier than ever for cybercriminals to gain access to a firm’s entire network. Can the good guys win this fight?

Don't wait for a breach to shore up your defenses -- and to help your clients protect themselves.

On May 24, cloud hosting provider Cetrom apparently experienced an outage, with the company’s website and support communication lines still down as of May 28.

Cybercrime is on the rapid rise; Accounting firms who are proactive on security services are placing themselves ahead of the curve.

Deloitte has expanded its strategic alliance with Relativity to offer Relativity Trace, a compliance monitoring application, to help clients detect and mitigate violations of industry regulations and organizational e-communication policies.

Wolters Kluwer's response to a malware attack left many users feeling uninformed.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve its oversight of third-party cybersecurity practices by tax preparers and tax software providers, according to a new government report.

Security experts say the company is responding prudently.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting announced today at 1:45 p.m. E.T., that CCH Axcess is back up following a malware attack that occurred on Monday.

On Monday May 6, accountants across the country started realizing their CCH products, which are based in the Cloud, were down.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board may begin asking auditors to look at cybersecurity when assessing risks at the companies they audit.

An ideologically divided U.S. Supreme Court gave businesses more power to channel disputes into individual arbitration proceedings, siding with a lighting retailer trying to prevent its employees from pressing group claims stemming from a phishing attack.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on improving the taxpayer authentication processes for its online applications, but more needs to be done.

With cybercrime on the constant rise, accounting firms should take protecting staff data as seriously as protecting customer data.

The Internal Revenue Service hopes to improve taxpayer service and cybersecurity by updating its IT infrastructure.

Financial statement auditors can teach security experts a few valuable lessons.

The number of taxpayers who reported they were victims of identity theft fell 71 percent between 2015 and 2018, thanks to coordination between the IRS and its Security Summit partners.