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Cybersecurity for Accounting Practices: Implementing and Maintaining an Effective Data Security Plan

A live 110-minute CPE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Monday, October 27, 2025

1:00pm-2:50pm EDT, 10:00am-11:50am PDT

Early Registration Discount Deadline, Friday, October 3, 2025

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This webinar will discuss the common cyber threats to accounting practices and walk firms through the process of structuring a data security plan to safeguard client data and prevent data breaches.

Description

The nature of data handled by accounting and tax practices makes these firms more susceptible to cybercrime. Ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and malware attacks are a few examples of how these firms are targeted. The dangers of an attack include a significant loss of income and time, but perhaps as damaging is the loss of customer trust.

Establishing an effective security plan is not only prudent, it is required by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and, for firms preparing tax returns, by the IRS. Resources are available to guide professionals through a risk assessment and implementation of a data security plan. Tax and accounting firms must implement an effective data security plan and monitor the system year-round.

Listen as our panel of data security professionals discusses the threats accounting firms encounter and the steps they should take to stay compliant and protect their firms.

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Outline

  1. Cybersecurity in an accounting practice: introduction
    1. Why accounting firms get targeted
    2. The evolving threat landscape
  2. Understanding your risks
    1. Identifying cyber risks specific to accounting firms
    2. Data security requirements (IRS, FTC, PCI, etc.)
  3. Core security controls
    1. Implementing key technical controls
    2. Implementing human controls
  4. Preparing for disaster
    1. Backups
    2. Incident response plan
    3. Cyber Insurance
  5. Governance and on-going risk assessment
  6. Resources

Benefits

The panel will cover these and other critical issues:

  • Understand today’s top cyber threats targeting CPA practices
  • Learn IRS and FTC data security requirements
  • Gain insights into practical security controls and risk assessments
  • Explore strategies for incident response, resilience, and cyber insurance

Faculty

Ferrara, Frank
Frank Ferrara
CEO
Ferrara IT Services

Mr. Ferrara is CEO of Ferrara IT Services, LLC.

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Leitheiser, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Leitheiser
Senior Solutions Engineer
Ferrara IT Services

Mr. Leitheiser is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Ferrara IT Services.

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