Safeguard highly confidential client data and protect your firm from breaches, ransomware, and insider threats. Fortytwo Security provides penetration testing for legal and accounting practices, helping you identify vulnerabilities before attackers do and demonstrate robust due diligence to clients and regulators.
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Legal and accounting firms are prime targets for cybercriminals due to the vast amounts of confidential data they handle, things like case files, financial records, M&A documents, tax information, and privileged client communications.
A single breach can lead to severe financial, regulatory, and reputational damage. Penetration testing identifies vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them, ensuring your systems, staff, and processes meet the highest standards of cyber resilience.
At Fortytwo Security, we perform pentesting for professional services firms, addressing risks related to document management systems, client portals, email security, remote access, and cloud tools. Our goal is to strengthen your security posture while supporting compliance with industry frameworks and client security expectations.
Protect Confidential Client Data
Identify vulnerabilities that could expose privileged case files, financial documents, tax records, or M&A data to attackers seeking high value information.
Prevent Ransomware Attacks
Assess your internal and external attack surface to uncover misconfigurations and weaknesses commonly exploited by ransomware operators targeting professional services firms.
Secure Remote & Hybrid Workflows
Test VPNs, remote desktop systems, cloud applications, and collaboration tools to ensure secure access for staff working from offices, courts, or client sites.
Strengthen Email & Identity Security
Evaluate susceptibility to phishing, credential attacks, and account takeover, which are key risks for firms relying heavily on email for critical communication and document exchange.
Demonstrate Due Diligence to Clients
Show clients and regulators that your firm follows best practice security standards, often required during audits, tenders, and higher value engagements.
Meet Compliance & Professional Obligations
Support requirements for GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and legal governance frameworks by validating security controls and identifying areas that need improvement.
From boutique practices to large multi office firms, we help secure client data, litigation files, research systems, and remote access tools against targeted attacks and data leaks.
We support accounting teams handling audits, tax filings, and financial management by testing systems that store sensitive financial records and client information.
In-house legal departments require strong protection for contract repositories, NDAs, HR data, and regulatory correspondence, our pentests ensure these systems remain secure and compliant.
For firms managing high value client financials, we identify vulnerabilities across client portals, document management tools, and cloud accounting platforms to prevent data compromise.
For legal and accounting practices, a cyber incident goes far beyond operational disruption, where a breach can result in leaked client files, corrupted financial data, compromised case strategies, or the loss of privileged communications. The reputational impact alone can permanently damage client confidence and referral opportunities.
Ransomware, phishing, supply chain attacks, and credential theft continue to rise across the professional services sector. Without proactive security testing, hidden vulnerabilities in email systems, client portals, document management tools, or remote access solutions can leave your firm exposed.
At Fortytwo Security, we help prevent these risks by delivering thorough penetration testing for the systems and workflows of law and accounting firms. Our assessments identify critical weaknesses, validate security controls, and provide actionable guidance to strengthen your overall security posture.