A person coding on their laptop

Small Business Resource: Effective IT Risk Management

To our small business clients: do you understand the IT risks that face Canadian small businesses? CPA Canada provides a great resource- free of charge- for small businesses who may need help preventing and preparing against technology-related risks. It gives some great practical strategies to improve your IT security and safeguard important online data. This is an excellent reminder to small business owners of the issues & risks that can arise related to technology, and provides recommendations for prevention and trouble-shooting.

You can download the PDF from the CPA website here.

Some of the great tips in this resource include:

  1. Having a business continuity plan
  2. Needing effective management of IT vendors
  3. Actively managing the security of data
  4. Updating anti-virus & anti-malware
  5. Controlling Access
  6. Considering & Preventing cyber threats
  7. Creating IT Risk Mitigation strategies

Source: CPA Canada Wesbite

www.CPACanada.ca

Stay informed

January 2, 2024

Understanding the New T3 Trust Reporting Requirements

Good afternoon, My name is Julia, and I am here to discuss the new reporting requirements for trusts. These rules will apply to Trusts that have tax years ending after…

July 20, 2023

Understanding the New Underused Housing Tax (UHT)

The federal government announced the new underused housing tax (UHT) as part of the 2021 federal budget which came into effect on Jan 1, 2022. In a nutshell, the UHT is a…

November 1, 2022

Business Excellence Awards Finalist

We are so honoured to be a finalist in the North Vancouver Chamber Business Excellence Awards in the category of Best Employer. From the North Vancouver Chamber: The North Vancouver…