January through April, nothing can be slow
Workstations, the tax software, and the scanners all get used harder. Patch windows and hardware refreshes belong in the quiet months.
Accounting & finance
IT for accounting and finance firms in Pittsburgh.
Tax season is a capacity problem and a security problem at the same time. The systems have to stay up, and the mailbox has to stay honest.
Where it usually hurts
Fake client email and fake IRS notices
Business email compromise loves firms that move money and identity documents. Mail filtering and a second-person payment check belong together.
The Safeguards Rule is not optional for many tax firms
The FTC expects a written program, a qualified individual, and real controls. We help you build that without pretending we are your regulator.
Services that fit
FTC Safeguards help
A practical security program and the technical controls behind it.
See the serviceEmail and MFA
The controls that stop a stolen password from becoming a stolen tax return.
See the serviceMicrosoft 365
A clean tenant, with admin rights held by named people.
See the serviceManaged IT
Flat-rate support so busy season is not also a stack of hourly IT bills.
See the serviceThe compliance angle
Many accounting and tax firms are financial institutions under the FTC Safeguards Rule. We help stand up the program and the controls. Tritek Cloud is not your qualified individual unless a signed agreement says so, and we do not claim a regulatory certification.
Other industries
Find out where your IT stands.
Free, no-obligation assessment. A person reads what you send.