Monday, February 21st, 2022
I Always Listen To Roman
“There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.” – Douglas MacArthur
In January, I listened to a webinar presented by Roman Kepczyk about the findings of a recent technology survey conducted on behalf of The CPA Firm Management Association. It is the fourth comprehensive Information Technology survey tailored specifically to member firms with the goal of identifying the applications, products, and processes utilized by peers.
The survey was conducted in December 2021 to determine what information technology firms would be utilizing in 2022 and compared to the results from previous surveys where appropriate. This survey further highlighted the unique nature of CPAFMA member firms which tend to be medium and larger-sized firms.
If you are a member, you can get the complete results via the CPAFMA website. It’s worth becoming a member just to get benefits like this survey.
Here are just a few bullet points I jotted down during the web presentation. When it comes to CPA firm technology knowledge, I always listen to and trust Roman.
- 162 firms participated. 43% were multi-office firms.
- Only 19% host their own.
- 63% us RightNetworks or another integrator.
- Firms are providing dual, over-sized monitors rather than three or four smaller ones.
- Most pay a stepend to staff for mobile phone costs ranging from $30 to $50 per month.
- 60% do centralized scanning.
- 33% use individual scanners.
- 68% use cloud versions of practice management software.
There is much, much more in the full survey results. I hope this gives you a brief snap-shot of what I heard during the webinar and encourages you to read the entire findings.
- "Distrust and Caution are the parents of security."
