Professional Services & Consulting
Meet client security expectations and protect engagement data with identity security for consulting firms.
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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