Future Forward July 2026: Cybersecurity in the AI Era: What Accounting Firms Need to Know Now

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Speaker: Jatin Narang

Sponsored by: Verito

AI has fundamentally changed the threat landscape for accounting firms. Attacks are more targeted, more convincing, and harder to detect than ever before and accounting firms, with their access to client tax data, financial records, and SSNs, are high-value targets. In this session, Jatin will walk through what the AI-era threat landscape actually looks like for a small or mid-size accounting firm, what the most common vulnerabilities are, and the practical steps firms can take to protect their clients and their practice without needing a full-time IT team.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify the most common AI-assisted attack vectors targeting accounting firms in 2026
  2. Understand what the FTC Safeguards Rule requires of accounting firms specifically and how the AI threat landscape changes what a compliant WISP needs to address
  3. Evaluate their current infrastructure against a practical checklist: dedicated versus shared hosting, MFA enforcement, endpoint detection, and vendor risk documentation

Cost: Free

CPE Credits: 1

Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge

Course Level: Basic

Instructional Method: Group Internet Based

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation: None

Who Should Attend: CPA, Bookkeeper, Accountant, Enrolled Agents, Tax Preparer

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