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As a business owner, maintaining an up-to-date comprehensive security strategy should be one of your top priorities. However, it can sometimes seem difficult to keep up with the ever-changing landscape and thorough protocols suggested by the IRS. One approach to consider is adding Hosting for Intuit Lacerte\u00ae Tax and Intuit ProSeries\u00ae Tax<\/a> into your security strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Essential rules for data security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While the IRS Security Six serve as essential rules for how firms should lay out their strategies for protecting data, they\u2019re really just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At face value, each element of the Security Six seems obvious and simple enough:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Antivirus software<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Firewalls<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Two-factor authentication<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Backup software services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Drive encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Virtual private network (VPN)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    But a closer look reveals that implementing each of those security elements successfully actually requires making critical decisions, planning carefully (with IRS resources such as Publication 4557<\/a>, Safeguarding Taxpayer Data<\/em>) and committing to at least some level of investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adding Hosting for Lacerte\u00ae Tax and ProSeries\u00ae Tax<\/a> into your security strategy can help firms mitigate the logistical, financial, and legal challenges involved with staying compliant with the security six and keeping client data locked up tight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It only takes one data breach to eradicate clients\u2019 trust.   Learn more about the IRS Security Six and compliance in this infographic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Editor’s note:<\/strong> This article was originally published July 7, 2020, and updated with new material on April 6, 2022; the article was also updated on May 8, 2025 and August 5, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Click the image to download this infographic to pass it along to your staff and clients.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In this infographic, find out more how security threats to your tax practice and your clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104275893,"featured_media":10641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","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":[646041765,130072316],"intuit_collection":[],"intuit_series":[],"coauthors":[509474241],"class_list":["post-20393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice-management","tag-hosting","tag-fraud-and-security","post_format-post-format-video"],"header_image":"","yoast_head":"\nStay in Lockstep with the IRS Security Six<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The IRS Security Six covers antivirus, firewalls, two-factor authentication, backup, encryption, and VPN. 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