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High-profile cyber-attacks on big corporations make headlines, but the most devastating attacks are those few people know happened. Perhaps that’s why attackers are so eager to target small and medium-sized accounting practices.

Every May and October, CPAs from across the United States gather in-person to review some of the biggest topics facing accounting and tax professionals. This year, the meeting looked a little different. For the first time, AICPA council members were instructed to participate from home. Roman Kepczyk, our Director of Firm Technology Strategy, has been a long-standing attendee of AICPA’s Fall Council meeting.

The time is now to harness the power of today’s powerful technologies, productize client accounting and advisory services, and provide clients with all of the support they want. In our upcoming webinar (The Client Accounting and Advisory Services Playbook) Roman Kepczyk, Director of Firm Technology Strategy at Right Networks, will present several approaches and resources to support this conclusion.

Chances are, you didn't become an accounting professional to learn everything about cybersecurity. And, why should you have to? Cloud hosting providers (like Right Networks) work tirelessly to ensure that your accounting and business applications stay secure and the financial information they hold remains confidential, so when you get to work, you can...work. All that our users have to do is keep accessing their applications from one of our cloud products. It's that simple.

With information technology eliminating most geographic boundaries, generalist firms will find it increasingly harder to compete with niche specialists who have differentiated themselves with more expertise and process efficiency, particularly those targeting CAAS (Client Accounting and Advisory Services). 

When you think of remote work, what comes to mind? For auditors and consultants, it’s working on the road at client offices, airports and hotels.  For tax managers, it’s most likely reviewing returns late at night and on the weekends. ...

The rapid shift to working from home that took place in early 2020 as a pandemic response might have changed work for good. Remote work is going well enough for many companies that it’s likely to be around forever for many former office workers.

As with any strategic initiative, progress can be significantly derailed by individuals that nod their heads in agreement in public but do not adopt processes and/or quietly countermand them in actual practice. Reasons for non-compliance/support vary and must be actively...

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