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How a Security Assessment
Benefits Los Angeles CPAs
Courtesy of FPA Technology Services, Inc.
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An assessment will
provide your firm with:
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• A roadmap to prepare
your network to mitigate
attacks from hackers,
malware, spyware, and
Denial of Service attacks
(DoS)
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• An understanding of
practices and policies
that ensure your firm is
protected from internal
data loss events
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• An understanding of
compliance requirements
for mandates
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such as Payment Card
Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS) or
Sarbanes-Oxley security
requirements
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There are a number of formats
that security assessments
can take
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1. Social Engineering Testing
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Your employees may
unwittingly be exposing your
information, or pathways to it,
via social media
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2. Vulnerability Assessments
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A security professional
will review your network
perimeter, and ensure any
security gaps are identified
and documented
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3. Penetration Testing
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While a penetration test might
make you feel exposed or
vulnerable,
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it’s best to have a white hat
hacker poking around your
network to identify potential
gaps
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4. Risk Assessments
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Your business changes year
to year, so analyzing potential
events about your firm’s
current financial and
organizational health is
a good practice
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5. Security Policy Reviews
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As much as fifty-two percent
of data loss results from
internal employees either
knowingly, or unwittingly
leaking your information
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Bottom Line
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Los Angeles CPA’s have
a lot on the line in terms of
protecting information from
being snagged by the
Pirates of the data world
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Have you had a security
assessment that opened
your eyes to the potential
threats that could have
harmed your CPA practice?
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Tell us about it in the
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