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Your days as a college student are almost numbered. The working world is calling. As you get ready to embark on your career, you have to be thinking, “What am I going to do when I graduate?” “Is a job in public accounting right for me?”
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You have so many options. Big firm or small? How do you decide? Where can you go to get the real, honest look at a career in public accounting? What is it REALLY like to be an intern? What will my life be like as a staff accountant?
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At Porter Keadle Moore, LLP (PKM) we’re here to help. We’ve created this blog site just for you! To help you find answers to these and other questions about working in a public accounting firm. Real interns and brand new staff accountants chronicle their experiences with our firm. Read what they have to say. Ask questions, share your opinions and we’ll respond.
Assessing Network Security
Mike Morris- Systems Principal
If you were testing the security of a house, you might walk around the perimeter of the house checking the doors and windows to see if they were unlocked. You might also look under the doormat for a hidden key. In theory, testing a company’s network is not much different. However, instead of physically walking around the house, you assess the points of entry using the same scanning tools and techniques that hackers might use.
PKM’s Systems group performs network vulnerability assessments (NVAs) for our clients to assist them in identifying internal and external weaknesses in their network security. As a part of this service, we scan the internal and external networks, review network device configurations and test user security awareness. The Systems group’s team members are provided hands on training in the field as well as continuing professional education (CPE) in network security.
So, as you can see, working for a CPA firm isn’t always number crunching. Sometimes we even get to play the role of detective and help our clients mitigate security threats.
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