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Is your QuickBooks secure in the cloud? Four hosting companies ransomwared
Episode 100
Published 6 years, 10 months ago
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Show Notes
- 02:23 – Blake and David recap the ongoing iNSYNQ ransomware debacle
- 03:07 – Official iNSYNQ ransomware update (https://www.insynq.com/support/#status)
- 04:00 – iNSYNQ feedback from unhappy Tweeters
- 05:12 – Homeland Security's October 2018 warning about possible ransomware attacks (https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-news/dhs-warning-msps-csps/)
- 06:18 – Tweeting with iNSYNQ CEO Elliot Luchansky on 7/23 before he backed out of the interview (https://twitter.com/BlakeTOliver/status/1153550898435485696?s=20)
- 08:21 – Get a clue - You can't control the conversation
- 08:59 – Should Intuit do more to protect customer data? (http://www.intuithostingprogram.com/authorized_hosts.php)
- 11:01 – From the Intuit Hosting Program FAQs - "The Commercial and Standard Hosts who participate in the program are solely responsible for the security, privacy, availability and backup of QuickBooks data files and the software that they host, in accordance with their end user hosting service agreements" (http://www.intuithostingprogram.com/faqs.php)
- 12:40 – Meanwhile, on Apps.com, out of 650 apps, only one has been breached
- 13:36 – Wake-up call to hosting providers (https://www.channele2e.com/news/msp-judgment-day/)
- 14:14 – Blake's take on the iNSYNQ Situation
- 15:28 – Jack Newton on the "unholy combination" of cloud and on-prem technologies - (https://twitter.com/jack_newton/status/1154368009906970625)
- 16:51 – Slightly ironic? Five Ways to Avoid a Ransomware Attack (https://www.insynq.com/blog/5-ways-to-avoid-a-ransomware-attack/)
- 17:27 – Rachel sheds light on some of Sage's cloud and desktop hosting elements
- 22:30 – How "Six Ways How Cloud Computing Improves Accounting Practices" confuses the issue of cloud v. desktop (https://www.hostreview.com/blog/190723-6-ways-how-cloud-computing-improves-accounting-practices)
- 24:56 – Rachel talks about MindBridge, and the benefits of using AI for audits
- 28:15 – Part of MindBridge's successful marketing campaign (https://www.mindbridge.ai/university-alliance-alumni/)
- 32:44 – According to Michael Izza, ICAEW Chief Executive, the auditing profession needs to "be prepared to think and act differently" (https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/news/pivot-magazine/2018-08-28-michael-izza-interview)
- 34:04 – Words of wisdom for auditors (https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/news/pivot-magazine/2019-02-26-mindbridge-ai-auditing)
- 35:35 – Where IS the best place to find top-level accounting talent? (https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/where-should-you-be-looking-for-top-accounti