Data security

The consulting firm Protiviti has released its annual report on the top risks facing organizations in 2019.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service to rethink its proposed changes to the tax transcript process, contending they would delay the process of getting copies of old tax returns for clients.

Criminals are faking tax transcripts to fool recipients into clicking on and opening documents containing malware that could infect their computers.

The IRS offers tips on what practitioners should do immediately after discovering they’ve been breached.

No practitioner wants to discover that their client’s data has been compromised.

An all-electronic vision, security concerns, and other highlights from the latest IRS National Public Liaison meeting.

A commission report warns public companies about email dangers.

The acquisitions jump-start the firm’s new division, Richey May Technology Solutions.

Oracle has released an artificial intelligence-driven security and risk management solution designed for the Oracle ERP Cloud environment.

Accounting firms need to brace themselves for liability issues old and new.

The Louisville, Kentucky-based Top 100 Firm has formed a new technology affiliate.

The AICPA will share strategies for accountants.

AsTech provides a range of internet application security consulting services, including penetration testing, best practices and compliance programs, and training in areas such as incident response and secure coding techniques.

How to protect corporate and personal information when using the cloud.

Creating open standards for health data, incubating talent, and eight other things that happened in technology this past month and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

Gui Cozzi, formerly of Crowe LLP, will lead the new service line.

Tax reform, the cannabis industry and cyberthreats are just three of the dangers that are looming large in malpractice insurers’ nightmares.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve its procedures to prevent the fraudulent use of third-party authorization forms.

Xero legal expert Adam Lovingood details the latest developments in data protection.

Going online offers many benefits, but doesn’t relieve firms of the need to keep data safe.