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Yes. Reckon stores all customer data in Australia and on AWS servers in Sydney. This covers all of Reckon’s products.

Reckon manages its own AWS environment directly. Reckon does not outsource its data management responsibilities to a third party. The data stored on AWS servers is distributed across three data centres in Sydney. These redundancies are in place to keep access live in the event of a failure and to ensure that no data leaves Australia.

Reckon holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, an internationally recognised security certification that is independently audited and verified.

Good, compliant Australian accounting software needs to handle customers’ data in two ways: while in transit (when you access your data, i.e., from the server to your computer) and at rest (when the data sits on the server). For customer data in transit, TLS encryption is the standard, and for data at rest, AES-256 encryption is used.

Beyond this, look for providers with independent ISO/IEC 27001 certification, multi-factor authentication (MFA), regular penetration testing, and a breach notification plan that is compliant with the OAIC Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme.

Reckon Software meets all of these requirements. For more, see our security page here.

The main advantage of locally hosted accounting data for Australian companies is legal protection, compliance, performance, and built-in local backup and recovery. Australian-hosted data is protected and governed by Australian privacy legislation, which helps simplify disputes — such as those involving the ATO. Locally hosted options also offer better performance due to proximity, which reduces latency.

Software providers like Reckon store data across multiple AWS data centres in Sydney to provide enterprise-grade backup and recovery.

Knowing whether your accounting software keeps your data in Australia boils down to four questions: where is my data stored, where is it processed or accessed from, who can see it, and whether any of those people are overseas.

Look for accounting software providers that offer Australian data hosting via AWS cloud data centres in Sydney. Furthermore, it is essential that those providers also hold ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification covering the entire product suite.

Reckon stores all customer data in AWS Sydney across three local data centres and holds a current ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate.