Cybersecurity Update

Posted on May 16, 2022September 14, 2022

In the rapidly evolving threat landscape of cybercrime, reactive or one-off measures may not be sufficient to secure your organization’s systems and data. Sophisticated organizations are moving toward managed cybersecurity services that include cloud security and data security protection across network, servers, applications, users, and secondary devices.

In this webcast, recorded April 2022, AAFCPAs’ IT Security Professionals, Vassilis Kontoglis and James G. Jumes outline how managed security can extend your IT teams capacity to deal with evolving threats in a smart and highly responsive manner and provide peace of mind to your Risk Management Committee.

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About the Authors

Vassilis Kontoglis

Vassilis is a senior member of AAFCPAs' Business Process & IT Advisory practice with proven expertise in cyber security and IT risk assessments, data analytics and data visualization, and robotic process automation. He also has extensive expertise assessing IT general controls, and conducting System and Organization Control (SOC) attestations. He helps clients increase business process efficiency, effectiveness, and risk management.

James Jumes, MBA, M.Ed.

James joined AAFCPAs in 2013 to lead the Business Consulting Services practice. He has more than 25 years of experience working with information technology systems and diverse business operational processes. James is highly experienced in IT controls and assurance, SOX 404, and Service Organization Control (SOC) reports: SOC 1 (SSAE 18), SOC 2, SOC 2+ and 3 attestation reporting. James developed a unique methodology to delivering SOC reporting services, and he is an AICPA-approved Peer Review SOC Specialist, assisting peer review teams to review SOC 1, 2, 2+ and 3 engagements. He is a HITRUST Certified Common Security Framework (CSF) Practitioner, providing HITRUST CSF self-assessment consulting, or SOC 2 + HITRUST for assessing against the evolving compliance landscape shaped by HITECH, HIPAA, CMS and various other federal, state and business requirements.