Cybersecurity is an area that many businesses do not invest enough in. Many companies only allocate a small percentage of their IT budget to cybersecurity, sometimes without implementing a comprehensive plan for how the money will be spent.
One of the primary reasons why law firms should be on guard against the threat of a data breach—aside from ethical obligations to protect client data—is that no organization is immune to one.
Technology adoption occurs at varying degrees of speed. Many industries, like business services and healthcare, tend to stay on the cutting edge of new, emerging solutions. However, in the legal space, the rate of adopting new technologies has been considered slower as compared to other industries. As digital transformation continues to be a primary focus Read More »
Personal data is being compromised every day, oftentimes unbeknownst to the individuals being affected and the organizations experiencing cybersecurity breaches. In fact, the average time it takes businesses to identify and contain a data breach is 287 days. This is troubling, especially when you consider the negative impact a data breach can have on your Read More »
No business is immune to cybersecurity risk. However, some organizations, by their very nature, may be more at-risk than others because of how tempting the data they retain may be to malicious actors of all stripes. Law firms are one example of a type of business that processes and holds extremely sensitive data that would Read More »
Service level agreements (SLAs) between your organization and the managed service provider (MSP) that you’re contracting with can be crucial for managing expectations and setting the ground rules for your engagement with them.
For any law firm, keeping client data confidential is a paramount concern. To this end, many firms establish a strong data protection policy (DPP) that defines how firms will store, transmit, and eventually dispose of their important files.
Another day, another cybersecurity attack. Cyberattacks are on the rise—increasing from an average of 206 to 270 attacks per company between 202 and 2021 (Source: TechTarget). This statistic should be alarming to any organization that uses any kind of IT because it demonstrates just how prevalent cyber threats are. To protect the highly sensitive data they Read More »