Professional Services & Consulting
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Industry Overview
Professional services firms—consulting, accounting, and advisory—work with sensitive client data across multiple engagements. SOC 2 compliance is increasingly required to win enterprise clients. The project-based nature of work requires dynamic access management as teams form and dissolve. Identity security enables secure client collaboration while protecting intellectual property and maintaining independence.
Compliance Requirements
Professional Services & Consulting organizations typically need to comply with the following frameworks. TrueConfig maps your Microsoft 365 security controls to each of these standards.
CIS Benchmark
Industry-standard security configuration guide for Microsoft 365 developed by the Center for Internet Security.
53 controls mapped →
SOC 2
Service organization control framework for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
54 controls mapped →
ISO 27001
International standard for information security management systems with Annex A controls.
54 controls mapped →
Primary Security Challenges
Security Priorities
Common Threats
Professional Services & Consulting organizations are frequently targeted by these threat vectors.
- •Client data breaches
- •Insider threats from departing consultants
- •Business email compromise
- •Credential theft targeting client access
- •IP theft of methodologies
Key TrueConfig Controls
These controls are particularly important for Professional Services & Consulting organizations.
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Secure Your Professional Services Organization
TrueConfig helps professional services & consulting organizations achieve and maintain compliance with automated configuration monitoring and remediation.
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