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Keep client files locked down and your office running

Managed IT and security for Phoenix CPA, tax, bookkeeping, insurance, and law offices. One local contact covers your computers, email, backups, and the safeguards your clients and regulators expect. Take help one project at a time, or hand me the whole stack.

FTC Safeguards Rule 2 of 9 in place
Written security programGap
Qualified individual namedGap
Risk assessment on fileGap
MFA on client dataHandled
Encryption at rest and in transitGap
Tested backupsHandled
Security terms in vendor contractsGap
Incident response planGap
Staff security trainingGap

What most Phoenix offices look like before we start.

If you handle client money or financial data

The Safeguards Rule already applies to you

Prepare taxes, keep the books, sell insurance, or advise on money, and federal law treats your office as a financial institution. The FTC Safeguards Rule has been in full effect since June 2023.

It calls for a written security program, multi-factor login, encryption, tested backups, vendor security terms, and an incident response plan. I help put those safeguards in place and document the technical side.

If you run a law office

Same protection, different rulebook

Your duty to protect client confidences comes from the bar and from clients who assume their files stay private. The FTC rule above does not apply to you, but the controls look familiar.

I lock down the firewall, secure your email, set access rules, and keep tested backups, so privileged material stays privileged and a lost laptop or one bad phishing click never turns into a disclosure you have to explain.

How it works

Simple 4-step process

Discovery call first, then a closer look at the office before any project or managed plan.

1

Discovery call

We talk through the office, deadlines, client data, staff access, and what already feels fragile.

2

Free technology assessment

I check computers, email, backups, firewall basics, account access, and documentation gaps.

3

Plan and findings

You get the gaps, what I would fix first, and where project work or managed service fits.

4

Managed services

If ongoing support makes sense, I set up the plan and take over recurring IT work.

What I handle

Security work that matches the way your office runs

Firewall and network

Business-grade routing, Wi-Fi, and segmentation for the office.

Email security and MFA

Multi-factor login on anything holding client data.

Backups tested

Restore checks, not assumptions, for client files and office data.

Written documentation

Security program and incident response work for financial offices.

Access and password controls

New staff, old staff, vendors, portals, shared mailboxes, and admin accounts get clear ownership and clean offboarding.

One local contact

You call one person who knows your setup, not an overseas ticket queue. If a job is bigger than a one-person shop should take on, I say so and point you to the right partner.

Start with a discovery call

See where your office stands

We start with a call, then decide whether a free technology assessment makes sense. You get clear findings before any paid work begins.