Privacy & Security
As a trusted partner to accounting firms worldwide, we offer a comprehensive range of offshore services, including accounting, bookkeeping, tax, and payroll. Our dedicated team of skilled professionals is committed to delivering accurate, timely, and cost-effective solutions. By leveraging advanced technology and industry best practices, we help you achieve operational excellence and strategic advantage.
Our efforts to constantly meet & exceed security standards
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification
• We are proud to be certified to the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard, demonstrating our commitment to information security management. This certification signifies that we have implemented a robust Information Security Management System (ISMS) to protect your sensitive data.
• Key aspects of our ISMS include:
→ Confidentiality: Protecting your confidential information from unauthorized access.
→ Integrity: Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of your data.
→ Availability: Ensuring that your data is accessible when needed.
• By achieving this certification, we reinforce our commitment to safeguarding your data and maintaining the highest levels of security.
ISO 9001:2015 Certification
• We are certified to the ISO 9001:2015 standard, demonstrating our commitment to quality management. This certification signifies that we have implemented a robust Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure the quality of our services.
• Key aspects of our QMS include:
→ Customer Focus: Understanding and meeting the needs of our clients.
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Leadership Commitment: Strong leadership and commitment to quality improvement.
→ Process Approach: Systematic approach to processes to achieve efficient and effective operations.
→ Continuous Improvement: A culture of continuous improvement to enhance our services.
• By achieving this certification, we reinforce our commitment to delivering high-quality services and exceeding client expectations.
Some further snippets on IT Security Policy
We are committed to safeguarding your and your clients' data and ensuring compliance with industry best practices.
Responsible Use of Al
Al will continue to revolutionize the way we work and the world around us, including the practice of accounting. As Bench continues to integrate Al, responsible use of these tools, as well as privacy and security will continue to be core to everything we do.
The data you share is only for you
Bench's Al runs on closed, protected models. Prompts, responses, a edi data accessed through Bench's Al Assistants remain within Bench's isolated boundaries and aren't used to train public or third-party Al tools or LLMs.
Industry-leading security
Bench and its Al suite operates in secure, industry-leading AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud-hosted environments, trusted by governments, healthcare, and financial institutions worldwide.
Innovating with integrity
All of Bench's products, tools, features and models adhere to our unwavering privacy, security, and compliance commitments. We conduct regular audits and update our commitments as our service and technology evolve.
The data you share is only for you
Bench's Al runs on closed, protected models. Prompts, responses, a edi data accessed through Bench's Al Assistants remain within Bench's isolated boundaries and aren't used to train public or third-party Al tools or LLMs.
Industry-leading security
Bench and its Al suite operates in secure, industry-leading AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud-hosted environments, trusted by governments, healthcare, and financial institutions worldwide.
Innovating with integrity
All of Bench's products, tools, features and models adhere to our unwavering privacy, security, and compliance commitments. We conduct regular audits and update our commitments as our service and technology evolve.
Always maintaining the safety and integrity of your clients' financial data
AltQuad upholds appropriate security safeguards designed to protect your information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure, and to ensure its confidentiality, integrity and availability. Our security program accounts for both the sensitivity of the information we process and the current state of technology.
All third-party services that could potentially impact the security of our information or customer data are reviewed. AltQuad requires all service providers to agree not to retain, use or disclose personal information for any purpose other than for the specific purpose of performing the services specified in their agreement with AltQuad.
Our infrastructure systems are fault tolerant and our operations team works continuously to make AltQuad's platform a highly available service you can rely on. We protect the security of our network through the use of software and tools, such as firewalls and load balancers, and we implement multi-factor authentication for all servers.
Our Zoho environment ensures highest level of encryptions for all the data stored and transmitted on secure channels.
AltQuad employees are subject to written confidentiality obligations and are prohibited from accessing customer data unless absolutely necessary. Our security policies include limiting access to systems only where individual roles require it (least privileged).
AltQuad conducts background checks on employees appropriate for their responsibilities (with more extensive background checks required for key employees that have elevated privileges), provides ongoing privacy and security training to its staff, and requires employees to read and sign confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements as conditions of their employment.
AltQuad maintains an information security program for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy.