Vassilis Kontoglis
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 Particularly susceptible are small nonprofit organizations with fewer technical safeguards, outdated security protocols, and modest IT budgets. […]
AI Risks: Establishing Workplace Guidelines
AI is rapidly changing the way we work, with AI-powered tools now in use by employees and contractors to manage tasks, retrieve data, brainstorm, and identify fraud. They have been adopted by HR to recruit and screen talent, by sales to provide customer support, by finance to analyze volumes of data and forecast future performance, […]
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 […]
IRS Warns of Surge in Scams
AAFCPAs and AAF Wealth Management would like to make clients aware of the IRS’ recent warning that a surge of scam reports has hit its phishing@nullirs.gov account. The bureau has also noted a significant increase since the July 4th holiday. The most common scams reported include: The Economic Impact Payment. An economic impact scam is […]
Unveiling the Power of RPA: Success Stories and Use Cases
During AAFCPAs’ recent Nonprofit Seminar (April 2023), Vassilis Kontoglis, Partner, Analytics, Robotic Process Automation & IT Security, briefed more than 400 attendees on the indisputable benefits of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) while offering a few real world case examples. The full session was recorded and may be viewed as a webcast at your convenience. >> […]
Cyrillic Characters Used in Cyber Attacks
Recent reports show hackers substituting Roman alphabet with Cyrillic alphabet characters to deceive recipients. In their article “Real or Imposter? Everything You Need to Know About ‘Homoglyph’ Phishing”, CISO MAG describes this tactic, known as The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) homoglyph attack, as “a deception technique that uses homoglyphs or homographs, in which an attacker […]
Kontoglis & Puricelli Promoted to Partner at AAFCPAs
Boston, MA (July 10, 2023) — AAFCPAs, a preeminent 300+ employee CPA and consulting firm specializing in tax, assurance, accounting, wealth management, business process and IT advisory solutions, today announced the promotions of Vassilis Kontoglis and Andrew Puricelli to partner effective July 1, 2023. Vassilis Kontoglis, Partner, Analytics, Automation & IT Security Vassilis Kontoglis is […]
Three Essential Steps to Prepare for Implementing Robotic Process Automation
As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, we are exploring innovative solutions to streamline our clients’ operations and enhance efficiency. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has emerged as a powerful software technology that automates repetitive tasks, freeing up valuable time and resources for more strategic initiatives. The business case for RPA is often clear […]