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Tax Security 2.0 – Taxes-Security-Together Checklist – Step 1

IRS On Security

Using a new “Taxes-Security-Together” Checklist, the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners urged tax professionals to review critical security steps to ensure they are fully protecting their computers and email as well as safeguarding sensitive taxpayer data.

The Security Summit partners – the IRS, states and tax industry – urge tax professionals to take time this summer to give their data safeguards a thorough review. To help the tax community, the Summit created a “Taxes-Security-Together” Checklist as a starting point for analyzing office data security.

In the first of a five-part weekly series, the initial step on the checklist involves the “Security Six” protections. These steps fall into several major security categories.

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Cybersecurity: Keep Them Virtual Doors Locked Please!

October has been established as National Cyber Security Awareness Month by the Dept. of Homeland Security, to especially educate individuals and small business owners about cyber security. No better time to talk about Cyber Security I thought!

It has been a busy summer over here at MN Tax Solutions LLC. I was taking stock of our big challenges from the 2015 tax season and so I thought I should share some of the important lessons we learnt from it. No matter how many times we say this, it cannot be said enough- It is imperative to take regular stock of your “cyber-security health”! Just like you would go to the doctor for regular check-ups!

What are your best cyber-security practices? What are the types of threats you could face? Read More

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