CPAs worry most about privacy and security issues in technology.
Only 15% are concerned with loose password policies. The study doesn’t say how many CPAs are unworried because they already have tough policies in place. But most experts say the biggest security and pivacy threats come from loose policies on password control, or lost laptops or PDAs.
But what are they doing about it? Which issues are they most concerned with? And what are they actually going to be investing in?
One answer is: Going paperless, getting mobile, and integrating myriad software are on the top of CPAs’ wish lists.
And their priorities are showing up in their spending plans. New laptops and scanners, for instance, are high on their shopping lists.
And a word to the wise: Backup, backup, backup.
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