Cloud Accounting Security: A Ground Reality
Comparison With Local Hosting

Is your business safe with your current security solution? Find out what you need to know.

As business processes have got a significant facelift because of technologies in recent times, the amount of data that needs to be managed has also experienced the impact. Home-based startups are serving clients all over the world, and larger enterprises are looking to grow their reach to every home. These rapidly changing business practices have raised the bar for data associated with it.

Cloud, for its amazing benefits, comes as an inevitable option for accounting and data management. However, some professionals doubt the security of the cloud-based solutions. This whitepaper gives detailed comparison of security aspects between cloud accounting solutions and local hosting solutions.

1. What is Cloud Accounting?
2. How Cloud Accounting Works
3. Benefits & Challenges of Cloud Accounting for Small Businesses

• Benefits of Adopting Cloud Accounting
• Challenges with Cloud Accounting

4. Security with Cloud Accounting

• Security at User-end Device
• Security at Hosting Server

5. Comparing Accounting Security: Cloud vs. Local Machine

• Security Against External Attackers
• Hardware Dependent Security
• Adapting to the Changing Trends

All the comparisons and security details mentioned in the whitepaper are focused from the perspective of CPAs and other accounting professionals. Along with the comparison, we have listed the steps that you can adopt to maintain the security of the accounting data and applications without compromising with the performance.