Amazon Best-Selling Author and MSP Titan of the Industry Delivers Urgent Warning — and a Practical Roadmap — to Texas Accounting Professionals HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, May 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Roland Parker, Founder and CEO of Impress Computers and Amazon Best-Selling Author of Exposed & Secure: The True Cost of Cybersecurity Inaction, delivered a featured session today at the TXCPA Houston Annual Conference, one of Texas’ premier events for Certified Public Accountants and accounting professionals. Parker’s session, “Cybersecurity for CPAs: Protecting Your Firm, Your Clients, and Your Reputation,” drew a standing-room audience of CPA practitioners, firm partners, and accounting professionals eager to understand the rapidly escalating cyber threats targeting their industry — and what they can do about them. CPA Firms Are High-Value Targets — And Most Don’t Know It Parker opened his presentation with a stark reality check: accounting firms are among the most sought-after targets in the cybercriminal ecosystem, holding vast repositories of sensitive financial data, tax records, Social Security numbers, and privileged client access — yet many operate with security infrastructures that fall far short of the threat they face. “CPA firms sit at the intersection of everything a cybercriminal wants,” Parker told attendees. “You have the data, you have the access, and in many cases, you have a security budget that doesn’t match your risk profile. That combination is exactly what attackers are counting on.” Parker cited real-world breach cases that have devastated accounting firms across the country, including a Texas-based regional CPA firm that paid $180,000 in ransomware demands and lost 40% of its client book, and a solo practitioner who was forced to close his firm after a single Business Email Compromise attack redirected $92,000 in client funds. A Complete Security Framework Tailored for Accounting Professionals A highlight of Parker’s session was his