Counsel Clients Efficiently and Securely for Maximum Data Privacy

Expert counsel and “round the clock” availability are no longer enough. Consultants in accounting, marketing, IT, and other professional services must also protect the information they send, share, and receive from their clients.

The Kiteworks Private Content Network unifies, controls, secures, and tracks sensitive content shared over email, file sharing, MFT, SFTP, and web forms in compliance with FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials Plus, IRAP, and more. Finally, only you have access to your sensitive content.

Secure Communication for Client Consultations

Professional service firms often need to share sensitive client information during consultations. Insecure communication can lead to data breaches and noncompliance with privacy regulations. Kiteworks provides a secure communication platform that safeguards client information. It uses robust encryption and access controls to maintain data integrity and confidentiality, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.

Secure File Sharing for Project Collaboration

Firms often need to share sensitive project data for collaborative projects. Insecure file sharing can lead to data breaches and loss of intellectual property. Kiteworks offers a secure file sharing platform that protects sensitive project data. It uses advanced security features like encryption, access controls, and version control to prevent unauthorized access and data loss.

Managed File Transfer for Large Project Files

Firms often need to transfer large project files. Traditional file transfer methods can be slow and unreliable. Kiteworks provides a managed file transfer solution that enables firms to transfer large files quickly and reliably. It uses high-speed transfer technology and ensures data security during the transfer process.

Secure Web Forms for Client Data Collection

Firms often need to collect sensitive personal information from clients. Insecure data collection can lead to data breaches. Kiteworks offers secure web forms that enable firms to collect sensitive personal information securely. It uses encryption and access controls to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Email Security for Internal Communication

Firms often need to share sensitive information via email. Insecure email communication can lead to data breaches. Kiteworks provides email security features that protect sensitive information shared via email. It uses encryption, access controls, and audit logging to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Secure File Sharing for Contract Negotiations

Firms often need to share sensitive contract details. Insecure file sharing can lead to data breaches and loss of critical information. Kiteworks provides a secure file sharing platform that protects sensitive contract details. It uses advanced security features to prevent unauthorized access and data loss.

Managed File Transfer for Client Onboarding

Firms often need to transfer large files during client onboarding. Traditional file transfer methods can be slow and unreliable. Kiteworks offers a managed file transfer solution that enables firms to transfer large files quickly and reliably during client onboarding. It ensures data security during the transfer process.

Secure Web Forms for Service Requests

Firms often need to collect sensitive personal information for service requests. Insecure data collection can lead to data breaches. Kiteworks provides secure web forms that enable firms to collect sensitive personal information securely for service requests. It uses encryption and access controls to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Email Security for External Communication

Firms often need to share sensitive information with external partners via email. Insecure email communication can lead to data breaches. Kiteworks offers email security features that protect sensitive information shared with external partners via email. It uses encryption, access controls, and audit logging to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Secure File Sharing for Audit Documentation

Firms often need to share sensitive audit documentation. Insecure file sharing can lead to data breaches and loss of critical information. Kiteworks provides a secure file sharing platform that protects sensitive audit documentation. It uses advanced security features to prevent unauthorized access and data loss.

Managed File Transfer for Data Backup

Firms often need to transfer large files for data backup. Traditional file transfer methods can be slow and unreliable. Kiteworks offers a managed file transfer solution that enables firms to transfer large files quickly and reliably for data backup. It ensures data security during the transfer process.

Secure Web Forms for Client Feedback

Firms often need to collect sensitive personal information for client feedback. Insecure data collection can lead to data breaches. Kiteworks provides secure web forms that enable firms to collect sensitive personal information securely for client feedback. It uses encryption and access controls to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Email Security for Marketing Communication

Firms often need to share sensitive information for marketing communication. Insecure email communication can lead to data breaches. Kiteworks offers email security features that protect sensitive information shared for marketing communication. It uses encryption, access controls, and audit logging to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Secure File Sharing for Financial Reporting

Firms often need to share sensitive financial reports. Insecure file sharing can lead to data breaches and loss of critical information. Kiteworks provides a secure file sharing platform that protects sensitive financial reports. It uses advanced security features to prevent unauthorized access and data loss.

Managed File Transfer for Data Migration

Firms often need to transfer large files for data migration. Traditional file transfer methods can be slow and unreliable. Kiteworks offers a managed file transfer solution that enables firms to transfer large files quickly and reliably for data migration. It ensures data security during the transfer process.

Secure Web Forms for Client Consent

Firms often need to collect sensitive personal information for client consent. Insecure data collection can lead to data breaches. Kiteworks provides secure web forms that enable firms to collect sensitive personal information securely for client consent. It uses encryption and access controls to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Frequently Asked Questions

Professional services providers handle lots of sensitive content, including, but not limited to, financial records, strategic business plans, intellectual property, personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI), and legal documents. These and other examples of sensitive information must be protected to prevent exposure to unauthorized users, preserve client confidentiality, demonstrate regulatory compliance, and preserve client trust.

Yes, professional services providers must comply with the same industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PIPEDA, BDSG, DORA, etc.) as their clients who operate in these industries to ensure data protection and data privacy, especially when handling sensitive client information like intellectual property, personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI), and legal documents.

Organizations can ensure client confidentiality by using secure email, secure managed file transfer, or secure file sharing solutions. Each of these solutions should include advanced security and compliance features like end-to-end encryption, granular access controls, multi-factor authentication (MFA), anomaly detection, detailed audit logs, and more. These and other features restrict and record access to sensitive information.

As a part of the digital supply chain for many clients, professional services organizations can be considerably more susceptible to cyberattacks. Whereas a single company primarily processes, shares, and stores sensitive content unique to their own business, professional services organizations process, handle, and share sensitive content with multiple clients in multiple industries. As a result, professional services organizations are attractive targets for cybercriminals.

To counteract this susceptibility, professional services organizations should be extra vigilant in protecting sensitive content, employing technologies like anomaly detection, encryption for sensitive content in motion and at rest, role based permissions and other granular access controls, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and others.

Professional services providers are susceptible to many of the same cyber threats as their clients. These threats can, and often do, lead to data breaches and compliance violations that carry significant repercussions like fines, penalties, customer and revenue loss, litigation, and brand erosion. Cyber threats include, but are not limited to, phishing, ransomware attacks, and industrial espionage. Insider threats like security misconfiguration, theft, sabotage, and misdelivery are also legitimate and potentially catastrophic cyber threats.