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CEOs, CFOs Targeted by Cyber Whaling Schemes

CEOs, CFOs Targeted by Cyber Whaling Schemes

As a reminder, AAFCPAs warns of sophisticated cyber phishing attacks directed specifically at senior executives and other high level targets within businesses and organizations.  We have seen an uptick in the frequency of these types of attacks, called whaling schemes, where cyber criminals masquerade as a highly convincing business email which may appear to be sent […]

CFOs Embrace the Cloud for Scalability, Reliability, and Independence

CFOs Embrace the Cloud for Scalability, Reliability, and Independence

CFOs are more commonly migrating services to the Cloud in order to unlock benefits that can help them free up resources and achieve a new level of scalability. They and their management teams are capturing greater reliability, cost-effectiveness, and security through the right Cloud services. The Cloud used to fall mainly under the jurisdiction of […]

Using Technology to Gain Efficiency and Internal Control in Major Business Processes

Using Technology to Gain Efficiency and Internal Control in Major Business Processes

Morning Workshop at Providers’ Council 40th Annual Convention & Expo AAFCPAs Partners Robin Kelley, CPA, CGMA, and James Jumes, along with AAFCPAs’ clients Timothy Barrett, Controller, Pine Street Inn and Andrew Caires, Director of Fiscal Services, Center for Human Development, Inc. will present an interactive Workshop to discuss ways in which technology may be used […]

IT Security Alert: Do you have computers running Windows XP?

IT Security Alert: Do you have computers running Windows XP?

You may be aware that Microsoft is discontinuing support of XP as of April 8, 2014. What does this mean, and what steps should be taken to minimize risk? Tom Murphy, Microsoft’s spokesman handling the end of XP support says: “Our guidance is that you need to get off XP. It’s really that black and […]