Secure Act 2.0 – How the Act Will Impact Your Retirement Plan
The “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) 2.0 Act” is aiming to improve opportunities for retirement savings through a multitude of regulatory changes over the coming years. Its no secret that saving for retirement has been challenging for many individuals and with dwindling Social Security, the SECURE Act 2.0 has mandated a number…
Aligning Business Continuity Planning with Third Party Risk Management
Does your organization know all the third-party vendors who access and manage data on your behalf? In the event of a disaster, any gaps in responsibilities, security, and communications prolong the outage of business operations, so it’s better to identify and eliminate these gaps now before a disaster happens.
GRF Announces Partnership with Industry Leading Whistleblower Software
Combined capabilities provide clients with a robust anti-fraud program April 17, 2023 – GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF) is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Whistleblower Software, an industry-leading system that empowers employees to report fraud at their organization in confidence. This powerful tool enables GRF clients to quickly establish a whistleblower program…
Essential stages of a third party risk management program
Developing and maintaining a third party risk management (TPRM) program can help to reduce the overall risk to your organization. What is TPRM? In short, it is the process of analyzing and mitigating risks associated with working relationships with outside entities. These parties can include everyone from contractors providing janitorial services to suppliers of a…
Four Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Cybersecurity Posture
Cybersecurity is always changing and evolving as threats grow. Here are ideas that you can start on today that will help reduce your risk and improve your cybersecurity posture: 1. Require Multi-Factor Authentication Having multi-factor authentication (MFA) is essential for granting access to confidential data. It helps to reduce the risk of credential loss and…
I’m Often Asked, “What’s the Difference Between an ERP and a CRM?”
By Jim Norton, CPA, Principal, Accounting Technology Solutions It all starts to sound like alphabet soup after a while, but modern organizations are increasingly dependent upon cloud technology to get things done. In fact, remote work demands that data reside in the cloud so that work can be done anywhere and at any time. Over…