ThreeShield provides the security infrastructure and compliance documentation your accounting practice requires. Accounting firms are among the organizations cybercriminals target most, because you hold financial data, tax information, and business intelligence for dozens of clients at once.
A breach at one accounting firm can expose the financial records, tax returns, and business strategies of dozens or hundreds of client organizations. That makes you a multiplier target for skilled attackers.
Attackers increasingly target professional services firms as an entry point into their client organizations. Your access to client systems for bookkeeping, payroll, or filing makes your security the client's problem too.
A data breach at your firm creates legal liability and threatens your reputation and the trust relationships that took decades to build. Your E&O insurer wants to see documented security controls.
CPA Canada's Cybersecurity Framework, PIPEDA/Bill C-27, and provincial privacy laws all create obligations that generic MSPs don't understand. Non-compliance creates exposure most firms haven't quantified.
The CPA Canada Cybersecurity Framework defines governance, risk management, protection, detection, and response obligations for accounting professionals. Lavawall® GRC maps your controls to the framework continuously, not once a year.
Strict access controls, data segmentation, and monitoring limit staff to the client data they need. Lavawall® detects unusual access patterns before they become reportable incidents.
Most accounting firms use M365. Lavawall® monitors your M365 and Entra ID environment for configuration drift, MFA gaps, sharing policy violations, and suspected account compromises in real time.
Annual questionnaires from cyber insurers ask about MFA, patching, backups, and incident response plans. Lavawall® generates the documentation you need. Clients have reported premiums 12% lower.
An independent cybersecurity audit of your firm demonstrates due diligence to clients, insurers, and regulators. ThreeShield's CISSP/CISA team delivers real findings, not a cursory checkbox review.
A documented, tested incident response plan is now required by most cyber insurers and expected by your largest clients. We develop the plan, test it, and provide CISSP-backed response when incidents occur.
Hybrid work is now permanent. Cloudflare Zero Trust, Entra ID Conditional Access, and Lavawall® endpoint monitoring give staff working from home the same security posture as the office.
Phishing remains the #1 entry point. We provide security awareness training tailored to accounting firm threats: wire fraud, impersonation, document theft, and the specific social engineering targeting your profession.
ThreeShield has worked with accounting organizations across the size spectrum. Our founder speaks at the Banff CPA Small Practitioners’ Forum every two years, and our team has audited cybersecurity for Fortune 50 companies, the Government of Alberta, multi-billion-dollar e-commerce and fintech platforms, Silicon Valley firms, and military contractors.
5-30 staff firms that need enterprise-grade security without an enterprise budget. Lavawall® provides the monitoring; ThreeShield provides the expertise, at a price point that makes sense for your size.
Multi-partner firms with 30-200 staff, multiple service lines, and complex access control requirements. We handle the security program so your partners can focus on client work.
In-house IT teams at larger firms that need Tier 3 security expertise and a platform. We augment your team with CISSP/CISA oversight and Lavawall® tooling rather than replacing your people.
Firms building software for the accounting industry often need a SOC 2 report to sell into enterprise accounting clients. ThreeShield is not a CPA firm and does not issue SOC 2 reports. We get you audit-ready with Lavawall® evidence collection and operationalized controls, then work alongside the licensed CPA firm that performs your examination.
Security. Most local IT companies handle helpdesk and basic maintenance well. Where they fall short is security-specific expertise: CISSP/CISA credentials, compliance framework knowledge, breach detection, and audit documentation. ThreeShield can co-exist with your current IT provider as the security and compliance layer, or serve as your complete IT and security partner. Many accounting firms keep their existing IT support relationships and add ThreeShield for the security piece specifically.
Under strict confidentiality agreements, with staff who hold professional certifications requiring adherence to ethics codes. We never have access to client financial data unless explicitly required for a specific engagement, because our monitoring is at the infrastructure and access control layer, not the data layer. We can provide our data handling procedures and sign firm-specific confidentiality agreements.
Yes. This is one of the most common engagements we handle. Lavawall® deploys in days and immediately generates the MFA status, patch compliance, and backup documentation insurers ask for. We've helped firms get their policies renewed and premiums reduced within 30-60 days of engagement. If you have a renewal coming up, reach out immediately and we'll prioritize the controls your insurer specifically requires.
A single breach can end a firm's reputation. Book a confidential security assessment to understand your current exposure and what it would take to address it.
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