Accountants
Accountants and financial professionals handle highly confidential data: tax records, payroll, client reports, and forecasts. That data needs protection not just in storage or transit, but wherever it’s accessed.
This introduces a frequently overlooked risk: the uncontrolled network edge.
Staff often connect from home, while traveling, or at client sites, usually on networks your IT team doesn’t manage. These networks may be consumer-grade, unpatched, or shared with insecure devices. Cloud-based and encrypted systems are now standard, but the user’s network remains vulnerable as the entry point.
Loxada helps close this gap, providing a secure, centrally-managed connection to your firm’s systems, wherever your team is working.
Accounting Isn’t Just Done at the Office
Modern accountancy is mobile. It’s common for staff to:
- Log in from home to work on client files
- Carry out audits on-site using their own devices
- Access payroll, tax or reporting systems from co-working spaces
- Support clients remotely while travelling
Each activity carries hidden risk. Networks used for accessing sensitive data are typically outside your control, and traditional protections don’t address network-based threats in these environments.
Even best-in-class cloud tools can’t compensate for a compromised router or exposed local network.
The Network Edge Is the New Blind Spot
Consumer-grade and third-party managed routers, often used in home offices or serviced spaces, introduce common vulnerabilities:
- Unpatched firmware, often months or years out of date
- Default credentials or poorly secured admin panels
- Shared access, allowing lateral movement from insecure devices
- No central visibility, monitoring, or alerting capabilities
- Reverts to default state after a factory reset, removing any hardening
Even when updated, many routers use third-party software libraries that have known vulnerabilities. These flaws are now frequently targeted at scale.
UK and EU guidance, such as the NCSC’s device security principles and ENISA’s firmware and supply chain recommendations, stress the need for better edge network controls.
Why the Risk Is Rising
These vulnerabilities were once seen as niche and too complex for most attackers. That’s no longer true.
- Hacking-as-a-Service has commoditised advanced techniques
- AI-powered tools can generate exploit scripts and automate scans
- Large-scale scanning tools make it easy to find exposed routers
- Phishing kits can target remote professionals with minimal effort
- Man-in-the-middle attacks are increasingly used to hijack sessions
For accountancy firms, a breach means severe impacts: loss of client trust, regulatory fines, and reputational harm.
How Loxada Protects the Connection
Loxada secures the link between your remote staff and your central systems by replacing unreliable, unmanaged routers (standard internet devices not monitored by your IT team) with dedicated, pre-configured secure devices.
Our managed routers:
- Loxada’s proprietary secure firmware
- Create an always-on encrypted VPN connection
- Isolate corporate devices from other devices on the local network
- Block known malicious traffic and domains by default
- Automatically update, with no user action required
- Remain secure, even after a factory reset or relocation
No technical expertise is required; simply plug in the device and it is ready to use. This provides a practical response to evolving risks.
Built for Modern Accounting Workflows
Loxada works seamlessly with your existing systems:
- Cloud-based tools like Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, and IRIS
- Document sharing and secure client portals
- Remote desktop platforms and browser-based tools
- Tax, audit, and reporting software
It’s an ideal fit for:
- Accountants and tax professionals working remotely
- Audit teams connecting from client premises
- Partners and managers accessing financial data from multiple locations
- Temporary or seasonal staff working across varied environments
Assign devices to staff, teams, or contractors, with central oversight and the ability to revoke immediate access if needed.
Supporting UK and EU Compliance
Firms must show resilience throughout the data access journey, not just in managed offices.
Loxada helps meet those expectations, aligning with:
- UK GDPR and EU GDPR, which require robust controls around access to personal data
- NCSC guidance on firmware integrity, network isolation, and secure connectivity
- ENISA recommendations for securing edge devices and mitigating supply chain risk
- DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act), where applicable, for firms handling financial services or third-party data
- Cyber insurance requirements, including controls for remote access and patching
- Client assurance processes, especially during audits or tenders
Securing the uncontrolled network edge is now best practice and shows operational maturity.
Why Accountancy Firms Choose Loxada
- Protects client data, no matter where it’s accessed from
- Reduces exposure to insecure routers and untrusted networks
- Requires no end-user setup or ongoing intervention
- Integrates smoothly with your current software stack
- Demonstrates strong data stewardship to clients and insurers
- Deploys in minutes, even for short-term or temporary staff
