Innovation continues to fuel the advancement of fintech today, helping firms within the industry stay relevant and profitable through digitalization, coupled with utilitarian technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, and more. However, as desirable as digitalization is for the realization of positive business outcomes, there are several newer, more evolved risks involving malicious activities such as hacking, phishing, and data mining that could disrupt the productivity of companies and damage financial workflows. More importantly, not all organizations possess the resources to actively combat these complex challenges that threaten the privacy and security of every employee and customer across the network.

At this juncture, with over 30 years of experience in the field of risk assessment and cybersecurity, Citrin Cooperman offers full-service business advice for strategic IT risk assessment complemented by a host of holistic cybersecurity, privacy, and risk advisory services. “Protecting a business’s data, systems, and bottom line from threats that exist in today’s complex business environment requires the right partners; and we know who they are in any given industry,” expresses David Roath, partner and Technology, Risk Advisory, and Cybersecurity (TRAC) practice leader at Citrin Cooperman.

The firm is on a mission to help clients focus on what counts: their business. To that end, under its TRAC Practice, Citrin Cooperman provides comprehensive integrated services in the areas of technology, risk advisory, and cybersecurity and privacy services. The company leverages a shared experience of over 40 professionals from both audit, finance and IT realms to advise clients in all aspects of their business and mitigate threat incidents, fill resource gaps, and improve enterprisewide performance. “We help our clients address and overcome various organizational challenges with TRAC, be it developing programs and strategies to enhance internal controls or finding solutions to maximize security against a data breach,” says Alexander Reyes, partner and Financial Services Practice leader at Citrin Cooperman.

Roath believes that controlling one’s cybersecurity should be as seamless as applying the breaks in a car to find balance and drive at the right speed. To ensure that its clients achieve this balance, Citrin Cooperman’s cybersecurity capabilities help clients fortify the security and privacy of an organization’s environment. Ranging from enterprise wide cybersecurity assessments and remediation, technology risk assessment, vulnerability management services to cybersecurity awareness training, Citrin Cooperman's professionals bolster security from the inside out, leveraging penetration testing and assessments to strengthen defenses.