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cybersecurity exemptions for orgs with less than 5,000 clients

you may be off the hook, but not out of the woods.

by donny shimamoto

management consulting company aon described an exemption for some of the ftc requirements for firms that handle the personal identifiable information (pii) of less than 5,000 consumers.[i]

the safeguards rule provides an exception from certain requirements if the covered financial institution maintains customer information concerning fewer than 5,000 consumers. a consumer is defined in section 314.2(b)(1) of the safeguards rule as “an individual who obtains or has obtained a financial product or service from the financial institution that is used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or that individual’s legal representative.”

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essentially if you handle less than 5,000 social security numbers, then it would appear that you can take advantage of this exemption. aon went on to report that if you fall under this exemption, then you do not need to address the following requirements:

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sandra wiley: staffing problem? check your culture

whether it’s clients or talent, if you build a better business culture, you’ll get better results.

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the disruptors

as shareholder and president of boomer consulting, sandra wiley has been speaking with firm owners and leaders for nearly three decades and clearly sees the need for change in the profession.

“the business model that was built before cannot be the business model that you have going forward. it simply doesn’t work,” wiley said. “now, we’re still living in the old business model,” and we have to get out of it.

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when she does exit interviews to find out why people are leaving a firm, she said they all say it’s because of the hours. they need to find more balance in their lives, and they need to work less. while accountants do have government-imposed deadlines for tax returns, there are ways to reduce hours, wiley explained. we can do extensions to spread the work out over time and people, and we can outsource. most importantly, we can be more selective in the clients we work with. “we don’t have to work with every client we’ve ever worked with,” wiley said. read more →

why students opt for accounting (or don’t)

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they share their ideas for changes.

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are accountants a threatened species?

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extinction’s still a ways off, but the numbers of cpas are in serious decline. between 2010 and 2021, the number of people taking and passing the cpa licensing exam fell 36 percent, from more than 50,000 to about 32,000.
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set your processes apart in nine steps

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your clients should notice the difference.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

if you were to define how your firm is different in three sentences, what would those three sentences be?

write them down. read those the next day and judge for yourself if your competitors can say the same three sentences to differentiate their firms. if yes, you will see why this is a significant challenge for your firm’s growth aspirations.

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the classic equation of “people, process and technology” defining differentiation from the competition is somewhat flawed in accounting. by its very nature, accounting is about doing exceptionally well-defined work that follows clear laws and regulations. most firms have employees certified in similar lines of education and specialization. technology solutions for accountants are highly mature now.
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