Why cybercrime protection is increasingly important for advice businesses

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Cybercrime is increasingly prevalent and advice firms must take action to protect their business and client data from identity theft and fraud, writes Anthony Rafferty

As adviser businesses look to return to something resembling ‘normal' after the Covid-19 pandemic, remote working is likely to be on the agenda for both businesses and employees.   Most firms had to respond rapidly to the initial Lockdown, providing laptops to staff, subscribing to a virtual private network (VPN) and implementing protocols and procedures for dealing with the new, virtual environment, to keep the business up and running and serving clients. While those procedures have lasted for lockdown, a greater reliance on digital working going forward, whether or not firms decide ...

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