Cybersecurity and the Role of the Accountant (Local Government Conference)

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As strategic business advisors, accountants are astute in many aspects of the business environment. Cybersecurity is a topic that businesses address, and, as a result, they expect their accountants to be conversant in the discipline. This session will discuss some of the services accounting firms are providing to organizations to help them determine and demonstrate their cybersecurity posture.

Listen to Mark Burnette, CPA, CISSP, CISM touch on the following: 

• Understand why accountants are qualified to be cybersecurity advisors
• Be able to articulate the role that accountants play in an organization’s cybersecurity efforts
• Recognize the resources available to become better educated on cybersecurity
• Become familiar with some of the cybersecurity services that accountants can offer