Some law firms in the Triangle were among the 2,500 firms nationwide that use TrialWorks Case Management Software and received the below message by email Oct. 13 alerting them to the case management software hack. TrialWorks is a South Florida […]
Wiring funds or sensitive, valuable information demands cybersecurity at both ends of the wire transfer. Cyber criminals have gotten very astute at intercepting wire transfers of data and money. But no matter how cybersecure your law firm is, if the […]
In my last column, I created a mythical residential real estate law firm called, RealFirm,LLC. It has five employees who sometimes work remotely and leverages Microsoft Office 365 for email and office collaboration. RealFirm wants to Achieve Compliance with its […]
In prior columns, I’ve written about cyber attacks that can be very costly or even fatal to a law firm. Now let’s look at the steps your firm can take for discovering and planning to plug the cybersecurity gaps that […]
Insurance companies are among the growing chorus of those who say it’s not a matter of if your law firm will get hacked, it’s a matter of when. And that has given rise to more carriers offering cyber insurance. Think […]
I sat down with Alex Pearce of Ellis & Winters LLP, the current chair of North Carolina Bar Association’s Privacy & Data Security Committee to discuss the current trends he sees in security for lawyers. PETRONELLA: What is the biggest […]
Cybercrime is projected to cost the global economy more than $2 trillion a year by 2019 according to market analysts Juniper Research, yet a simple overlooked security solution exists—changing your domain name system (DNS). Changing your DNS server is quick, […]
When a law firm is moving from in-house data storage to the cloud, it should start with a security risk assessment. It’s similar to what you did when you set up your current system. In the cloud, your cybersecurity needs […]
Cybercriminals exploit several vulnerabilities that we find in many small businesses. This includes under-defended computers and networks, untrained users, lack of basic monitoring of user-logins and other attempts to gain unauthorized access. Recently, the trust accounts at two Triangle law […]
Blockchain runs on distributed ledger technology that allows its data to be unalterable and secure, but easy to access at the same time. If you don’t know what a distributed ledger is, the simplest way to think of it is […]
