Industries · Professional Services
Cybersecurity for Professional Services
Law firms, accountants, consultancies and agencies hold sensitive client information and communicate constantly by email, which makes identity security and email compromise the two risks that matter most, by a wide margin.
Where risk concentrates
Business email compromise leading to fraudulent payment redirection
Client confidentiality breaches from compromised mailboxes or file shares
Phishing targeting partners and senior staff specifically (whaling)
Weak access control on shared client document repositories
Attack surface
Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, client document management systems, and email as the primary communication and trust channel with clients, which is exactly why it's the primary target.
Regulatory considerations
Client confidentiality obligations (often contractual, sometimes professional/legal), GDPR for personal data handling, and increasingly client-driven security due diligence before engagement.
Business impact
A breach involving client data doesn't just cost remediation. It risks the client relationships and professional reputation the entire business is built on, in a sector where trust is the product.