{"id":12999,"date":"2018-07-23T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/?p=12999"},"modified":"2021-10-06T16:08:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T21:08:42","slug":"cloud-vs-desktop-what-does-the-choice-mean-for-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/practice-management\/cloud-vs-desktop-what-does-the-choice-mean-for-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud vs. desktop: What does the choice mean for security?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is something that gets asked more and more frequently in today\u2019s connected world: is the <a href=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/practice-management\/how-cloud-tax-and-accounting-makes-tax-season-a-breeze\/\"title=\"\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"false noopener noreferrer\" data-wa-link=\"body_tpc-cloudtaxacctbreeze\">cloud<\/a> secure? Is it more secure than my own network in my office? The answer is often \u201cyes\u201d \u2013 hosting your software and data in the cloud provides some security benefits that may not be easily available to desktop users.<\/p>\n<p>Unless you happen to have dedicated IT staff that understands the complexities of securing hosts, applications and network against intrusion, your specialty probably lies somewhere else such as accounting, tax, and\/or financial planning, but not information security.<\/p>\n<p>Using an established cloud provider to run your applications and host your data can have many advantages over doing it all yourself locally. Let\u2019s compare:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13225\" src=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cloud-vs-security-chart.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud vs. Security Chart\" width=\"753\" height=\"738\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, there are often some great advantages to using the cloud when it comes to security compared to all the minutia surrounding a comprehensive security program that you manage for your own office.<\/p>\n<p>That is not to say you cannot run a robust and secure office network locally, keeping your data safe from disclosure or theft, but the question is simple: should that also be your job? Allowing dedicated professionals, in the cloud or otherwise, to handle this part of your business makes a lot of sense, and will allow you to spend more time serving as a trusted advisor to your clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong>\u00a0Learn about Intuit\u00ae <a href=\"https:\/\/proconnect.intuit.com\/tax-online\/\"title=\"\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"false noopener noreferrer\" data-wa-link=\"body_ito\">ProConnect\u2122 Tax Online<\/a>,\u00a0our cloud-based professional tax solution that has free access to Intuit Link and QuickBooks\u00ae Online Accountant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out what the choice of cloud software vs. desktop software may mean for the security of your tax and accounting practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127094453,"featured_media":10641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rkv_browse_by_id":0,"rkv_cta_id":0,"rkv_optimize_for_pagespeed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"useModifiedDate":false,"customPublishDate":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[116807],"tags":[646041692,130072316],"intuit_collection":[],"intuit_series":[],"coauthors":[582953250],"class_list":["post-12999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice-management","tag-firm-of-the-future","tag-fraud-and-security"],"header_image":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cloud vs. desktop: What does the choice mean for security? 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