EisnerAmper Flexes Cyber-Security Muscles

Tom Burroughes

17 June 2019

EisnerAmper, the professional services firm that has pushed into areas including advising wealthy families and business owners in regions such as Europe, has brought in IT security services firm CSAM Marketing to help it protect clients from cyber-security attacks.

CSAM’s leadership team and engineers have become part of EisnerAmper’s process, risk and technology solutions group. The business was founded in 1984 and operates in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area of the US.

“Prior to this, we specialised in identifying, measuring and monitoring a client’s cyber-security risks. Now, with the technology and talent of CSAM, we can also provide real-time remediation services,” Jerry Ravi, EisnerAmper partner and PRTS practice leader, said. “This exciting, strategic move is at the core of our philosophy of bringing technology-enabled services and solutions to clients of all niches, sizes and growth stages.”

The move comes at a time when 2,600 computer records are stolen every minute and the average time to identify a cyber-breach is 196 days - all at a cost of $2 trillion annually to businesses, EisnerAmper said, citing industry reports.

CSAM’s technology partners include such companies as AWS, Microsoft, Datto, Lenovo and others. Rahul Mahna pioneered the FiR$T Look program that can effectively measure a client’s security risk along with the related financial risk.

EisnerAmper has made a number of strategic moves recently. In March 2018, it opened an office in London in order to launch an operation in the UK before Brexit is finalized. The London office is led by Robert Mirsky, partner and head of the asset management practice group. In April 2018 it also officially opened its Singapore office.