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Top 10 firm Forvis Mazars, has earned accreditation as a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization. The firm is one of the first organizations nationwide to earn the C3PAO designation, which is the premiere status for third-party assessment organizations in the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. A C3PAO is an independent organization authorized to conduct CMMC assessments for companies in the U.S. defense industrial base seeking Level 2 certification. The CMMC framework was developed by the Pentagon to verify that organizations handling federal contract information and controlled unclassified information maintain cybersecurity practices appropriate to the sensitivity of the information they manage. … AI-driven sales tax compliance platform Numeral announced a $100 million Series C round of funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Geodesic, Benchmark, Mayfield, FCVC, Y Combinator and Uncork. Numeral will use the funding to accelerate product development, expand its offering for industries, including software, manufacturing, distribution and wholesale, and grow its team across engineering, sales, marketing and product. … Intuit announced  the addition of 10 new Accountant Council members. They include Aaron Ackerman, CAAS leader with Hogan Taylor; Eric Wilson, client advisory services leader at Your Part-Time Controller, LLC; Jeff Siegel, owner and founder of Siegel Solutions Inc, a Canton, Massachusetts-based advisory and CAS firm; Lindsey Willis, partner and director of accounting and technology at Rogers & Company CPAs, Megan Bronson, partner and CAS leader at Squire, Nicole David, partner at Conscious Accounting, Shareen Corlett, a CAS leader at Clark Nuber PS; Stacey Feldman, owner and founder of Full Send; Stacey Naizer,  owner and founder of Kybera Accounting LLC and Discover Factor; and Tina McGill, owner, founder and managing partner at MMAS CPA PC. … AI-focused audit and assurance firm Modus has added two executives from Top 10 firm Grant Thornton: Matt Van Buren has joined full time as director of audit transformation and Jim Burton has joined as an advisor. Previously, Burton served as chief auditor during a 35-year career, and Van Buren led audit transformation under him.