Social Network: Knowing the Narrative Surrounding your Organization
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Social media has allowed organizations to connect with customers around the world, but the wide reach of your social network also presents opportunities for hackers and bad actors to launch attacks or damage your organization’s reputation. Properly understanding and managing your social media presence allows you…
Hacktivist Shares: Are you being targeted?
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Hackers and malicious attackers will often publicize their targets in various forums or on the dark web, so they can gather support and intelligence for taking down a website or finding vulnerabilities within an organization. Hacktivists are hackers who are politically and/or socially motivated. Their targets…
Identity and Access Management (IAM): Who is accessing your data?
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Simply put, Identity and Access Management (IAM) is the discipline of allowing the right individuals to have access to the right resources at the right times for the right reasons. As hackers have gotten more sophisticated, organizations must take steps to ensure that users attempting to…
Know your site’s SSL/TLS Strength: Is your encryption up to date?
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Most organizations have secured their data with encryption, but security protocols are evolving rapidly in response to sophisticated cyberattacks. Ensuring your organization has the latest SSL/TLS protocols enabled is necessary to help establish trust, ensure data privacy for your users, and to prevent data breaches. Risks…
How COVID-19 Changed Nonprofit Accounting: Industry Experts Weigh In
This post was originally published on the Sage Intacct Blog To paraphrase the immortal lyrics of the Grateful Dead, “what a long strange trip this COVID-19 pandemic has been.” Though we’ve been living in the pandemic for a little over a year, for many of us, it feels like much longer. In the nonprofit industry,…
GRF’s Tricia Katebini Receives Maryland Association of CPAs 2021 Women to Watch Award
GRF CPAs & Advisors Senior Manager Tricia Katebini has been named a 2021 Woman to Watch by the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA). Tricia received an award in the Emerging Leader category, which honors women who are up-and-coming stars within their organization and the profession. A MACPA Woman to Watch Honoree in 2019, Tricia has…
2021 Tax Strategies for Small Businesses
National Small Business Week will be celebrated September 13-15 this year to honor America’s small businesses and recognize their hard work. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and they create about two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year.[1] This month’s tax planning article…
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series
Remote work has exposed existing cybersecurity vulnerabilities and created new ones. How is your organization responding? The GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard provides a baseline diagnostic to help you analyze your organization’s risk and develop an appropriate compliance strategy. You may be surprised to discover you already have the right tools – you just…