Accounting firms often have more security concerns than other industries. With private client data storage to network security, IT security is a top issue for many firms.
Has your firm continued to update your security as threats change? Are you able to stay ahead of vulnerabilities? Can you manage your IT without losing your in-house trouble shooting IT team? If any of these issues have come up for you, there is a reliable solution to help you get ahead - it's managed IT services.
Accounting and IT Security
In your accounting firm, you must always have a clear plan and process in place for your IT systems. This also includes a budget for both planned expenses and threats that arise. Managed IT services can help in both of these areas.
Also, you want to avoid unplanned downtime (what if they happen near a deadline?), and your IT strategy must be coordinated with your greater business strategy and planning.
As business operations change, so do your IT security needs. Managed IT can help with all of these big pictures issues that your in-house team likely does not have the capacity to take on.
Where You Will See the Benefits
The main benefits of managed IT fall into the following categories:
- Protect your company data
- Secure customers' financial information
- Enhance your communications workflows
- Build on your available technology Each of these areas is critical to your firm and managed IT can support each one substantially.
How to Get Started
Managed IT seems like an intimidating service at first, but it's really only intimidating to the security threats and hackers that will be impacted. Make the jump by talking to the Century Business Technologies team to get started.
