James Jumes
How to Right-Size Cybersecurity to Fit the Small Nonprofit
Organizations rely on technology for communicating, managing our work, assisting us in making accurate and timely decisions, assisting customers, and staying in the know wherever we go. But along with this comes a mounting risk of data breach. Particularly susceptible are small nonprofit organizations with fewer technical safeguards, outdated security protocols, and modest IT budgets. […]
October Designated National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October kicks off National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), which is dedicated to raising public awareness on the importance of cybersecurity. Launched in 2004 by the U.S. federal government, NCSAM aims to encourage businesses and individuals to investigate potential risk along with strategies to improve the security of critical infrastructure. Where To Start The threat landscape […]
FQHCs Prepare for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
FQHCs are faced with an ever-shifting cybersecurity landscape due to emerging technologies and shifting internal and cloud vulnerabilities. Adding to this are regulations designed to keep pace as well as the data (health and personally identifiable) that live through their systems. The U.S. federal government has designated October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). AAFCPAs […]
SOC Report 2022 Revised Points of Focus
In late 2022, the AICPA updated its guidance on performing System and Organization Controls (SOC) attestations with revised points of focus that offer enhanced context for meeting the criteria in your report. Organizations and their auditors should be aware of the updates and go through an exercise to actively incorporate these revised points of focus […]
The Most Pressing Data Use Challenges for CFOs
AAFCPAs’ 2021 CFO Survey disclosed results on the most pressing challenges CFOs face in connection to data use. We asked CFOs: What is your primary business or opportunity cost for not leveraging data? Respondents reported the lack of visibility / less informed decision-making due to not leveraging data as being the most challenging for their […]
Cybersecurity Update
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 […]
The Role of Data is essential for CFOs
AAFCPAs’ recent CFO Survey revealed that having access to more data is undoubtfully essential but not new to CFOs. It is now more routine than anything else. What is next on their radar is understanding how to fully utilize it in a way that crosses over traditional boundaries of pure accounting. The pandemic brought this […]
Live Session: Cybersecurity, April 27
AAFCPAs’ Annual Nonprofit Educational Seminar is Virtual Again in 2022! AAFCPAs is offering a full day of educational content (9am – 3pm) designed to educate, challenge, and inspire nonprofit professionals! As a client and/or friend of AAFCPAs, your registration is complimentary. Reserve your seat.>> Featured Session: Cybersecurity (9:50am – 10:20am) In the rapidly evolving threat […]
Cyberthreats Related to Russia/Ukraine Conflict
AAFCPAs reminds clients to anticipate cyberthreats as the Russia/Ukraine crisis continues to escalate. “The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued a warning of the risk of Russian cyberattacks spilling over onto U.S. networks, which follows previous CISA warnings on the risks posed by Russian cyberattacks for U.S. critical infrastructure,” reported Harvard Business […]