IRS, Security Summit highlight “Security Six” and key steps for tax pros to protect themselves

[Elrod]

WASHINGTON — As data thieves continue evolving their tactics, the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners today reminded tax professionals of six essential steps to protect their sensitive taxpayer information.

The “Security Six” protections offer a relatively simple but important starting point for tax pros to protect their offices, computers and data as well as their clients. These best practices include using anti-virus software, firewalls, multi-factor authentication, backup software or services, encrypted drives and virtual private networks or VPNs.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-security-summit-highlight-security-six-and-key-steps-for-tax-pros-to-protect-themselves