Why Cloud Hosting Matters for Tax Season Performance Every tax season, accounting firms across Arizona face the same pressure: dozens of returns due simultaneously, staff working extended hours, and technology that needs to keep pace. For firms running UltraTax, Lacerte, or Drake, the hosting model behind that software can mean the difference between a smooth…
On July 13, 2026, the Department of Defense suspended CMMC Phase 2. The November 10 deadline for mandatory third-party C3PAO assessments is gone. Phases 3 and 4 are frozen. And DoD officials explicitly did not rule out cancelling the program entirely after a 60-day review. If you’re an Arizona defense contractor, you probably heard about…
If your medical practice experiences a data breach, the federal HIPAA Breach Notification Rule gives you 60 days to notify affected patients. That sounds like a reasonable timeline until you find out Arizona doesn’t give you 60 days. Arizona gives you 45. ARS 18-552, Arizona’s data breach notification law, requires notification within 45 days of…
Tax season doesn’t care if your server is ready. It arrives on schedule, and your technology either holds up or it doesn’t. The firms that cruise through busy season without IT disasters are the ones that prepared in October, not the ones scrambling in February. Here are 10 things every CPA firm should do before…
Your SPRS score is your cybersecurity report card with the DoD. Learn how scoring works, why accuracy matters, and what the DOJ is doing about false scores. SPRS remains required even with CMMC Phase 2 suspended.
CMMC Level 1 covers 17 practices for FCI. Level 2 covers 110 NIST 800-171 controls for CUI. While Phase 2 certification has been suspended, the underlying security requirements remain in effect under DFARS.
A HIPAA security risk assessment is required every year for every medical practice. Here is what a real SRA looks like, how to tell if yours is adequate, and why OCR enforcement makes this the most important compliance step you can take.
HHS proposed major updates to the HIPAA Security Rule including mandatory encryption, MFA, and annual penetration testing. While the final rule has been pushed to 2027, OCR is already enforcing current requirements aggressively.
A Written Information Security Plan is an IRS requirement for every tax preparer. Here is what a WISP should contain, how to tell if yours is adequate, and why a downloaded template is not enough.
The FTC Safeguards Rule requires CPA firms to maintain a written security program. Here is what Arizona accounting firms need to know about compliance, the Qualified Individual requirement, and getting ready before tax season.
