Accounting & CPA Firm IT

IT & cybersecurity
for accounting firms.

Diversicom has supported accounting firms for years, and one of our longest-standing clients is an accounting firm. We know the Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite on your own servers inside and out, along with Intuit and Sage products, and we keep it all running through tax season, extensions and year-end.

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Tax Season Support
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Your tax software, servers and deadlines, handled

Accounting firms run on a handful of systems that cannot go down between January and April. We know those systems, and we plan around your calendar.

Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite

We run the servers, databases and file shares behind UltraTax CS, Accounting CS, Practice CS and FileCabinet CS, handle the annual upgrades and updates, and keep performance steady when the whole office is in them at once.

Intuit and Sage, too

QuickBooks and other Intuit products, plus Sage: installs, updates, multi-user setups, licensing, and the file and database problems that tend to show up at the worst time.

Tax-season uptime

Upgrades and patching are scheduled around your deadlines, not in the middle of them. We watch your systems 24/7 from January through the extension deadlines, and a real person answers when something breaks.

The FTC Safeguards Rule and your WISP

Tax and accounting firms are required to keep a written information security plan, use multi-factor authentication and encrypt client data. We put those controls in place and document them, following the IRS guidance in Publication 4557.

Secure client file exchange

Encrypted email and secure file sharing, so returns, W-2s and bank statements don't travel as plain email attachments.

Remote access for busy season

Staff can work from home or a client's office with secure remote access to your tax and accounting systems, without exposing your servers to the internet.

The accounting-firm IT checklist, covered

The same capabilities our accounting clients rely on, from tax season through year-end close.

  • Thomson Reuters CS server and database support
  • Intuit and Sage product support
  • Upgrades scheduled around tax deadlines
  • A documented WISP with multi-factor authentication and encryption
  • Encrypted email and secure file sharing
  • Secure remote access for staff
  • 24/7 monitoring through tax season and extensions

The pillars behind your firm's IT

Accounting IT isn't a separate product. It's our core managed IT, cybersecurity and backup, configured for tax software and the deadlines your firm lives by.

Managed IT

A full help desk, 24/7 monitoring, patching and planning that keeps your firm's systems ready for every tax season, for one flat monthly fee.

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Cybersecurity

24/7 SOC monitoring, EDR, email filtering and phishing training, built to protect taxpayer data and the controls the Safeguards Rule asks for.

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Backup & Disaster Recovery

Automated, encrypted backups across our datacenters in Tampa and Dallas, with restores run and verified by our team, so a failed server in March doesn't cost you the season.

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Accurate about what compliance means for your firm

Built around the Safeguards Rule and your professional obligations

For a tax or accounting firm, security isn't optional paperwork. The FTC Safeguards Rule requires a written information security plan, a named person responsible for it, multi-factor authentication, encryption of client data and regular risk reviews, and the IRS lays out the practical steps in Publication 4557. We build and document the technical side of that for you.

FTC Safeguards Rule WISP IRS Publication 4557 Multi-Factor Authentication Encryption

To be clear about what we are and aren't: Diversicom is your technology partner, not your compliance attorney or CPA. We implement and document the security controls, and your firm owns the plan and its policies.

Accounting-firm IT, answered plainly

Do you provide IT support for accounting firms in Tampa?
Yes. We're headquartered in Ybor City and support accounting and CPA firms across Tampa Bay, with on-site help when you need hands in the office, and when something can't wait, our team can be on site the same day. Call and a real person on our team answers, in about 15 seconds on average, and most issues are fixed remotely, fast. We support organizations outside Florida too, with the same help desk, monitoring and security.
Do you support Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite on our own servers?
Yes, it's one of our specialties. One of our longest-standing clients is an accounting firm, and we've supported the CS Professional Suite on their servers for years, including UltraTax CS, Accounting CS, Practice CS and FileCabinet CS: installs, annual upgrades, databases, backups, performance and remote access.
What about QuickBooks and Sage?
We support Intuit and Sage products too, including QuickBooks: installs, updates, multi-user access, licensing, and the file problems that tend to show up at deadline time.
Can you help us meet the FTC Safeguards Rule and build our WISP?
Yes. We put the required technical controls in place, including multi-factor authentication, encryption, access controls, monitoring and backups, and document them so your written information security plan reflects what's actually running. Your firm owns the plan; we make sure the technology behind it is real.
Will updates or upgrades interrupt tax season?
Not if we can help it. We plan CS and Intuit upgrades, server patching and hardware changes with you, schedule them around your deadlines, and keep 24/7 monitoring in place from January through the extension deadlines.
If a server fails in the middle of tax season, how fast can we recover?
Backups run automatically and are stored across our datacenters in Tampa and Dallas. Restores are run and verified by our team: for clients on our RapidRestore tier, typically within a couple of hours, and our standard restore process takes longer. Either way, recovery is measured in hours, not days.
Can our staff work remotely during busy season?
Yes. We set up secure remote access to your tax and accounting systems with multi-factor authentication, so staff can work from home or a client's office without exposing your servers to the internet.

Get a free IT assessment for your firm

We'll review your servers, your CS and Intuit setup and your security controls, flag the risks before the next deadline, and show you what IT from Diversicom would look like for your firm, at no cost.

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