Managed IT and Cybersecurity for Growing CPA Firms
As your CPA firm grows, IT risk
grows with it.
CPA365 Managed Services makes sure clients feel supported and secure, so you can scale your firm with confidence.
IT Risk comes in many forms, creating friction and exposure for your clients.
- Cybersecurity and WISP, IRS, and FTC compliance are a moving target.
- Your team loses time to slow systems and manual workarounds during tax season.
- Reliable data is harder to access than it should be.
- Your clients feel these challenges too, and they’re looking to you for a solution.
Technology can either deepen or damage your clients' confidence in your services.
CPA365 Managed Services protect your reputation as the secure growth partner they trust.
CPA365 keeps clients feeling supported and secure.
CPA365 is perfect for any CPA firm who uses the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and wants technology to create an exceptional client experience.
Our team combines managed IT and cybersecurity support with executive-level, strategic guidance to build a modern, secure, and scalable environment for your firm.
What’s Included
in CPA365

Clear Direction
for IT + Security
A Reliable
Technology Foundation
Ongoing Oversight and Improvement
Responsive Support for Your People
Cybersecurity & Risk Reduction
CPA365 supports readiness and alignment. Formal assessments, policy development, evidence packages, audit support, or compliance-specific documentation may require additional scoped services.
CPA365 Creates the Right Conditions for Business Growth
Your team is more productive.
The technology they rely on every day works. There’s no friction, no workarounds, no time wasted waiting on IT.
Your team is more productive.
The technology they rely on every day works. There’s no friction, no workarounds, no time wasted waiting on IT.
Your clients are better served.
When the right systems are in place and running at their best, you build trust, win loyalty, and separate your firm from the competition.
Your clients are better served.
When the right systems are in place and running at their best, you build trust, win loyalty, and separate your firm from the competition.
Your firm is built to grow.
We handle the essentials and then help you think ahead, so you always know what's next and have the foundation to pursue it.
Your firm is built to grow.
We handle the essentials and then help you think ahead, so you always know what's next and have the foundation to pursue it.
Take the CPA IT Risk Assessment

Not sure whether your firm’s technology is ready for growth, AI, security expectations, and cyber insurance questions?
If your firm runs within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, you can take our CPA Technology and Security Assessment. It identifies where friction is slowing your team down, and where security or compliance gaps may need attention.
You’ll get a practical starting point across Microsoft 365, cybersecurity, user productivity, data readiness, and technology planning.
Technology should clear a safe pathway for both you and your clients to grow.
Your technology should create the right conditions for growth, empowering your team to serve clients without friction or fear. But most IT providers are only focused on keeping your systems running.
We founded ITP in 2017 because we believed that wasn't enough. CPA firms deserved a partner who could do more. Our clients tell us the difference they notice first isn't the technology. It's that we’re already thinking about what they haven't asked us yet.
Hear From Our Partners
I have never seen anyone or worked with anyone better than ITP's Pat Cooley at asking the right questions of an organization, understanding their current systems and what they're trying to do, and being able to architect a solution. The man gets it.
— David Braun, CEO, Capstone Strategic
From the beginning with ITP, it's just been a great experience - the attention to the entire scope of the relationship, the forward thinking on where the Microsoft platform was going. How we leverage technology, how we partner with clients on it — that's core to us. And that was part of the synergy I found with Pat.
— Tommy Lantz, Managing Partner, HeimLantz CPA
The CPA365 process is not a one-time project
Clarify
We start by understanding your business goals and the current security risks and friction points that are working against them.
Align
We build a clear roadmap that realigns your technology and transforms it into a growth driver for both you and your clients.
Improve
We help you move forward through ongoing support and strategic guidance - quarter by quarter, year after year.
Transform technology into a growth driver for both you and your clients.
- Strengthen compliance for WISP, IRS Publication 4557, and FTC Safeguards.
- Safeguard your clients’ data with Zero Trust cybersecurity practices.
- Get more value from Microsoft 365 and ensure AI/Copilot readiness.
- Grow your CPA firm without unnecessary operational friction.
- Maintain your team's productivity, especially during tax season.
- Retain great talent by reducing recurring technology frustration.
FAQ
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What is CPA365?
CPA365 is managed IT, cybersecurity, and strategic technology guidance built for CPA firms. It starts with the ITP365 foundation: responsive support, Microsoft 365 management, security monitoring, endpoint protection, backup, vulnerability guidance, and ongoing technology alignment.
CPA365 adds a CPA-specific layer focused on taxpayer data protection, WISP readiness, FTC and IRS security expectations, cyber insurance support, AI readiness, and secure firm growth.
The goal is simple: help your firm reduce technology risk, support your people, protect client trust, and grow with more confidence
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How is CPA365 different from standard managed IT services?
Most managed IT providers focus on tickets, tools, and troubleshooting.
CPA365 is built around the realities of a growing CPA firm: client data security, Microsoft 365 productivity, tax-season reliability, cyber insurance readiness, compliance documentation, AI readiness, and executive-level technology planning.
You still get responsive support for your team. But you also get strategic guidance, ongoing risk visibility, and a roadmap designed to help technology support the firm you are becoming.
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What does CPA365 include?
CPA365 includes the core managed services your firm needs to keep technology secure, stable, and useful.
That includes help desk support, Microsoft 365 management, user access management, MFA and security policy management, endpoint protection, patching, monitoring, backup of Microsoft 365 data, vulnerability guidance, security posture reviews, and ongoing technology planning.
For CPA firms, CPA365 also adds support for WISP readiness, FTC and IRS security documentation, cyber insurance readiness, AI readiness, secure collaboration, and technology planning tied to firm growth.
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Does CPA365 include Microsoft 365 management and security?
Yes. CPA365 is Microsoft-first.
That means we help your firm get more value from the Microsoft platform you already use. We focus on properly configuring, securing, managing, and improving Microsoft 365 so your environment is easier to support, easier to protect, and easier for your team to use.
This may include identity management, MFA, security policies, endpoint management, Microsoft 365 backup, Secure Score review, collaboration guidance, and readiness planning for Microsoft Copilot and other AI-enabled tools.
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Can CPA365 help with WISP, IRS Publication 4557, and FTC Safeguards Rule readiness?
Yes. CPA365 helps your firm organize the technology controls, documentation, and evidence needed to support WISP, IRS Publication 4557, and FTC Safeguards Rule readiness.
That may include helping your firm review or build a practical Written Information Security Plan, map security controls to real systems, strengthen Microsoft 365 settings, document MFA and access controls, support vendor oversight, improve incident response readiness, and create a roadmap for ongoing improvement.
We do not provide legal opinions or guarantee compliance. We help your firm understand its gaps, strengthen its safeguards, and maintain better evidence of reasonable cybersecurity practices.
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Does CPA365 make our firm compliant?
No IT provider should promise to "make your firm compliant."
Compliance depends on your services, clients, data, policies, vendors, insurance requirements, legal obligations, and how your team works day to day. Your firm, legal counsel, insurance broker, and compliance advisors all have important roles to play. CPA365 helps by strengthening the technology and security foundation behind those obligations.
We help you identify gaps, improve controls, document evidence, and maintain an ongoing improvement rhythm so your firm is better prepared for client, insurer, and regulatory expectations.
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How does CPA365 help with cyber insurance readiness?
Cyber insurance applications are asking more detailed questions than ever. Many firms are now expected to show evidence of controls such as MFA, endpoint protection, backups, incident response planning, vulnerability management, security training, and access management.
CPA365 helps your firm prepare by reviewing the controls insurers commonly ask about and helping you gather the evidence needed to answer applications accurately.
We can support your leadership and broker with technical documentation, control validation, and a practical remediation roadmap. The goal is not just to answer the questionnaire. It is to reduce real risk.
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Can CPA365 help our firm prepare for AI and Microsoft Copilot?
Yes. AI can create real opportunity for CPA firms, but only when the right security, data, and access controls are in place.
CPA365 helps your firm prepare by reviewing Microsoft 365 security, identity, permissions, data access, collaboration settings, and policy readiness.
We help you understand where sensitive data lives, who can access it, and what should be cleaned up before AI tools are broadly adopted. The goal is to help your firm use AI with confidence, not confusion.
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How does CPA365 help protect client confidence?
Your clients trust your firm with sensitive information. Technology plays a direct role in whether that trust feels secure, professional, and easy.
CPA365 helps protect client confidence by strengthening the systems behind secure communication, access control, data protection, collaboration, endpoint security, backup, monitoring, and incident readiness.
When technology is managed well, your clients feel it. Your team responds faster. Information is handled more securely. Workflows are smoother. And your firm looks like the secure growth partner clients expect.
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How does CPA365 support our team during tax season?
Tax season is not the time to discover technology gaps. CPA365 helps your firm prepare before the pressure hits.
That may include reviewing access controls, confirming MFA, checking device readiness, reviewing backup and recovery posture, validating support paths, reducing unnecessary changes, and making sure your team knows how to get help quickly.
The goal is simple: fewer surprises, less friction, and more confidence when your people need technology to work.
How can ITP help your organization?
ITP365 Managed Services
Predictable, proactive IT + Security built for growth.
Proactive monitoring, updates & health checks
Continuous alignment & quarterly reviews
Support that keeps people productive
Cybersecurity & Compliance
Practical protection with measurable confidence.
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Protect identities, data & devices
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Policies & evidence for insurers and auditors
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Compliance you can prove
Consulting & Projects
Turn strategy into action.
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Align tech to business priorities
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Modernize workflows & automation
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AI & Copilot adoption with governance
IT Leadership & Fractional Experts
Strategic guidance when you need seasoned leadership.
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vCIO / vCISO / GRC expertise
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AI strategy & adoption (Copilot readiness)
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ITSM leadership + shared-responsibility coaching
How We Work.
(the four pillars)
Business Alignment
Align IT + Security investments to your goals with measurable ROI.
Operational Simplicity
One unified way of working: fewer tools, lower cost, lower risk.
Right-Sized Security
Essential controls with clear owners and defensible evidence.
Productive Teams
Tools and support that help people do their best work every day.
Are your IT systems fueling growth or holding you back?
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Are we investing the right amount in IT & security?
We right-size your investments to your goals.
Eliminate waste (duplicate tools, shelfware), fund essentials that lower risk and raise productivity, and build a plan you can actually run. Clear priorities, no overbuying, no gaps.
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How do we align technology with business goals?
We connect technology to what matters most: growth, client experience, compliance, and effective remote collaboration. With our Technology Alignment Process, we set a few high-impact improvements each quarter so IT consistently supports your goals.
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What does “reasonable cybersecurity” mean for us?
It starts with your reality: obligations (regulatory, contractual, insurer), risk tolerance, and how your teams work. Then we design protections that are practical, sustainable, and defensible. So you have progress that’s meaningful, measurable, and documented.
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How do we adopt AI (like Microsoft Copilot) safely and see real productivity?
We make sure your data, access, and governance are ready first (Purview, permissions, guardrails). Then we pilot Copilot with real teams, measure impact, and expand confidently.
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How do we reduce compliance risk and surprises?
Start with what applies to you. Map the minimum viable controls, consolidate tools, standardize how work happens, and keep living policies & evidence ready for audits and renewals. Quarterly reviews keep you ahead of change.
What business leaders want to know about IT + Security.
Plain-English answers about compliance, Microsoft, productivity, AI, and cybersecurity ROI.