Accountants seeking to serve their clients in a more effective and efficient way have begun to use Artificial Intelligence, or AI, to automate more manual and time-consuming tasks. Paul Perry, Risk Advisory and Assurance Practice Leader at Warren Averett, discusses AI’s role in the accounting profession as well as how accountants can work to ensure the security of their clients’ data. He highlights both the short-term and long-term costs of a cyber-attack and identifies certain tools which allow accountants to collaborate with federal law enforcement when data is compromised.