Case Study: Accountancy firm achieves full operational recovery in 48 hours with IRIS Software Group's IRIS Anywhere

Accountancy firm rescued from a cyber-attack in 48 hours

Accountancy Firm, a well‑established UK practice of around 10 staff and two partners, was left unable to access its remote desktop and at risk of client data loss after a devastating security attack. An IRIS Software Group customer for more than 20 years (historically using the IRIS Accountancy Suite), the firm urgently contacted IRIS Software Group and its IRIS Anywhere cloud platform for a fast recovery.

IRIS Software Group responded with IRIS Anywhere’s layered prevention, detection and response services — including MFA, immutable encrypted backups, Microsoft Azure threat intelligence, Mimecast email protection, continuous monitoring and a dedicated support team — and rebuilt the firm’s working environment over a single weekend. The outcome was full operational recovery within 48 hours (back in business by 9am Monday), enterprise‑grade security restored and renewed confidence in the firm’s resilience.