Invoice fraud and business email compromise are costing UK accountancy practices millions every year

Why accountancy firms are prime targets

Business email compromise (BEC) is the number one cyber-enabled fraud affecting professional services. Attackers compromise or spoof a trusted email account — yours, a client's, or a supplier's — and intercept payment instructions at the moment they matter most. A single successful attack can redirect a six-figure payment with no immediate indication anything is wrong.

Beyond fraud, GDPR obligations are significant. Your firm holds detailed financial data on every client, and the ICO has made clear that professional services firms are expected to maintain appropriate technical controls. Cyber Essentials certification is increasingly required at professional indemnity insurance renewal and is recommended by the FCA and ICAEW as a baseline for practices handling client money.

What we do for accountancy practices

• Cyber Essentials certification — end-to-end support through UK government certification, increasingly required by PI insurers and enterprise clients
• Business email compromise assessment — identify exactly how attackers could intercept payment instructions through your systems and your clients' inboxes
• Email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) — stop attackers spoofing your domain to redirect client funds or harvest staff credentials
• Client portal and accounting software access controls — MFA, privileged access review, and audit logging across your practice management systems
• Staff phishing awareness — targeted to the invoice approval and payment instruction scenarios your team faces, not a generic corporate module
• Incident response planning — clear steps if a client payment is intercepted or financial data is breached, including ICO notification obligations

Start with your domain

The fastest way to understand your exposure is to check your domain's email security configuration. Our free passive scan reads your public DNS records and scores your domain in under 30 seconds — no sign-up, no scanning your network.

UK-registered cybersecurity specialists  ·  No vendor affiliation  ·  Priced for SME practices