why you can’t afford to wait for the next big thing.
by frank stitely, cpa, cva
technology pundits love to pontificate in absolutes. “you have an absolute duty to protect your clients’ data.”
so they advise taking a pass on new technology, such as mobile devices and the cloud, as being too risky. their recommendation is to wait until tech security stabilizes, which is the same as their recommendation last year, which was the same as their… you get the picture.
faced with new technology, as cpas, we must fear it. or so we are told. but the pundits misunderstand the risk of the status quo.