{"id":13,"date":"2015-10-30T11:24:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2015-11-03T09:17:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T14:17:25","slug":"sensitive-financial-documents-how-comfortable-are-people-with-their-documents-being-transmitted-over-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/30\/sensitive-financial-documents-how-comfortable-are-people-with-their-documents-being-transmitted-over-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensitive Financial Documents: How comfortable are people with their documents being transmitted over the Internet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Google Survey we conducted in October 2015, more than 70% replied &#8216;No&#8217; or &#8216;Not Sure&#8217;, when asked \u201cAre you comfortable with how your accountant sends and receives your sensitive financial documents over the Internet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These results are statistically significant, and suggest accountants need to reassure their clients that they have the proper controls in place to protect their financial data as they collaborate with them on tax preparation or share their information with other relevant organizations outside of their firm like banks, advisors, attorneys, real estate professionals and financial planners.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20\" style=\"width: 923px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/google_survery_graph11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/google_survery_graph11.png\" alt=\"Are you comfortable with the way your accountant sends your sensitive data over the Internet?\" width=\"923\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/google_survery_graph11.png 923w, https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/google_survery_graph11-300x92.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you comfortable with the way your accountant sends your sensitive data over the Internet?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its important to understand that traditional email and password protected files are not always safe. \u00a0Best practices today include more secure platforms that offer better\u00a0functionality for the professional and the client. \u00a0 Professionals need to research all the capabilities before selecting\u00a0any platform and not simply choose a popular &#8216;cloud-based&#8217; storage solution without consideration. \u00a0Though popular services offer easy access from any device, people generally confuse convenience with\u00a0security. \u00a0Who wants their tax returns on their mobile phone, \u00a0 leaving data potentially vulnerable if the device is lost or stolen. \u00a0Yikes!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Google Survey we conducted in October 2015, more than 70% replied &#8216;No&#8217; or &#8216;Not Sure&#8217;, when asked \u201cAre you comfortable with how your accountant sends and receives your sensitive financial documents over the Internet?\u201d These results are statistically significant, and suggest accountants need to reassure their clients that they have the proper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/30\/sensitive-financial-documents-how-comfortable-are-people-with-their-documents-being-transmitted-over-the-internet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sensitive Financial Documents: How comfortable are people with their documents being transmitted over the Internet?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,5,6,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siftsort.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}