Do you support tax software like UltraTax, Lacerte, or Drake?

Yes. We do not write the tax software, but we support the environment it runs in: workstation performance, network shares, hosted or terminal server access, printing and scanning, updates, and the backup of the data files. Where the vendor provides hosting, we coordinate with their support so you are not stuck between two providers.

Can you help with the IRS written information security plan?

We implement and document the technical safeguards a WISP is built on, including access control, encryption, multi-factor authentication, logging, backup, and security awareness training, and we provide written evidence of what is running. We are an IT and security provider rather than a legal or audit firm, so we work alongside your compliance advisor on the plan itself.

Will you make changes during tax season?

Only when something is broken or a security issue requires it. Projects, upgrades, and hardware refreshes are scheduled outside January through April. During busy season we hold the environment steady and increase monitoring instead.

How do you handle seasonal staff?

Seasonal accounts are provisioned from one directory with the access their role needs and nothing more, and they are disabled on a set date rather than left active. Firm-owned laptops are enrolled, monitored, and encrypted before they leave the office.

What happens to client data if we change providers?

Your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace tenant, your portal, and your data belong to your firm, and we hand over administrative control cleanly along with the documentation of how the environment is built. Agents we license on your behalf are removed at the end of the relationship.

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Technology Challenges Facing CPA Firms

Tax Season Demands

Systems must remain reliable during peak periods when downtime isn't an option and client deadlines are critical.

Data Security Requirements

Protecting sensitive financial information requires enterprise-grade security measures and regulatory compliance.

Document Management

Managing thousands of client documents securely while maintaining easy access for your team and clients.

Tailored IT Solutions for Accounting Professionals

We understand the unique technology needs of CPA firms and deliver solutions that protect your clients' data while supporting your workflow.

Secure File Sharing & Portals

Encrypted client portals for secure document exchange, eliminating risky email attachments and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

End-to-end encryption
Client access controls
Audit trails and logging

Automated Backup & Disaster Recovery

Never lose critical financial data with automated daily backups and rapid recovery systems designed for accounting workflows.

Hourly incremental backups during tax season
Fast file recovery in minutes
Offsite redundancy

Compliance & Security Monitoring

Stay compliant with IRS regulations and industry standards through continuous security monitoring and proactive threat protection.

24/7 security monitoring
Multi-factor authentication
Compliance reporting

Tax Season System Optimization

Ensure peak performance when you need it most with proactive maintenance and priority support during tax season.

Pre-season system health checks
Priority support response times
Performance optimization

Why CPA Firms Choose Us

99.9%

Uptime During Tax Season

<15min

Average Response Time

100%

Data Security Compliance

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How We Actually Support a CPA Firm

Accounting firms have a calendar that does not move, so our work is scheduled around it. Here is what an engagement looks like from the first week through busy season.

1
We document the firm before we change anything
Every workstation, server, scanner, tax application, portal, and cloud tenant is inventoried, along with who has access to what. Firms usually discover during this step that a former staff member still has a live account or that a partner laptop was never encrypted.
2
We secure the identity layer first
Multi-factor authentication goes on email, the tax software, the client portal, and every administrative account. Email impersonation protection is enabled, because the most expensive incident at a small firm is usually a convincing message rather than a technical breach.
3
We make client documents boring to handle
Encrypted portal exchange replaces email attachments, folder permissions are set so staff see only what their role requires, and retention and access logging are turned on so you can answer who touched a file and when.
4
We test the backup, not just the backup report
Tax data, workpapers, and email are backed up independently of Microsoft or Google, and we perform test restores rather than trusting a green checkmark. Recovery times are written down so you know what an outage actually costs you.
5
We freeze changes before busy season
Hardware replacement, software upgrades, and migrations happen between May and December. From January through April we hold the environment steady, monitor it more closely, and keep response time short.
6
We keep the paperwork current
Your written information security plan, control documentation, and training records stay up to date, so an IRS WISP expectation, an insurance renewal, or a client security questionnaire is a lookup rather than a project.

The Platforms We Run for This Industry

These are the platforms we run inside accounting firms. Each one is here for a specific risk that shows up in this industry.

Proofpoint

Email security and impersonation protection

Email is still the front door for most attacks on small firms. Proofpoint filters malicious attachments and links and, just as importantly, flags the lookalike-domain messages that impersonate a partner, a client, or the owner.

SentinelOne

Endpoint detection and response

Behavior-based protection that watches what a program does rather than matching a signature list, which is what catches ransomware that has never been seen before. It can roll a machine back to its pre-attack state, which matters when the encrypted files are your working records.

Blackpoint Cyber

Managed detection and response, staffed around the clock

Alerts are only useful if a human acts on them. Blackpoint watches our clients overnight and on weekends and will isolate a compromised machine from the network immediately rather than waiting for business hours.

Dropsuite

Cloud email and file backup

Microsoft and Google protect their infrastructure, not your mailbox contents. Dropsuite keeps an independent, searchable backup of email and cloud files so a deletion, a departure, or a ransomware event does not become permanent loss.

Microsoft 365

Email, files, and collaboration

We administer the tenant rather than just selling licenses: security defaults hardened, multi-factor authentication enforced, SharePoint and OneDrive structured so files live somewhere backed up, and unused seats removed so you stop paying for them.

uSecure

Security awareness training and phishing simulation

Short, ongoing training with realistic phishing simulations, so staff get practice before the real attempt arrives and you have documented evidence of training when an insurer or client asks.

DeleteMe

Personal data removal for owners and executives

Attackers research people before they target a company. Removing home addresses, phone numbers, and family details from data broker sites reduces the raw material available for impersonation and targeted phishing.

Why This Combination

A CPA firm holds Social Security numbers, bank details, and complete financial histories, which makes it a standing target rather than an incidental one. We layer email filtering, endpoint detection, an around-the-clock response team, independent backup, and staff training so that no single failure becomes a client data disclosure. Every one of those layers also produces evidence you can hand to an insurer.

What This Looks Like in Practice

Three situations we see repeatedly in accounting firms, and how the work above changes the outcome.

A wire change request in March

The problem: A staff accountant receives an email that looks like it came from a partner, asking to update the payment details on a client refund. The domain is off by one character.
What we do: Impersonation protection flags the lookalike domain and quarantines the message, and the accountant has already seen the same pattern in a phishing simulation, so it gets reported rather than actioned.
The result: No funds move, and the attempt becomes a training example instead of a loss the firm has to disclose.

A workstation encrypts files on a Saturday

The problem: Ransomware lands on a machine over the weekend, when nobody is in the office to notice that files are being rewritten.
What we do: Endpoint detection identifies the behavior, the machine is isolated from the network by the overnight response team within minutes, and affected files are rolled back from the endpoint and from independent backup.
The result: The firm opens Monday with one workstation to rebuild instead of a firm-wide outage during filing season.

A client sends a security questionnaire

The problem: A larger corporate client asks the firm to document encryption, access control, backup, and training before renewing the engagement.
What we do: The answers come from documentation that already exists: enforced multi-factor authentication, encrypted portals, tested backups with stated recovery times, and dated training records.
The result: The questionnaire is returned in days rather than weeks, and the firm keeps the engagement.

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IT Services for CPA Firms Available in New York and New Jersey

We deliver it services for cpa firms to businesses across the tri-state area. Whether you are in northern New Jersey or the Hudson Valley, our team provides fast, local support with same-day response times.

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