Cyber Security

The case closes. The final documents are sent, billing is completed, and the matter is marked closed in the firm’s case management system. The legal work may be finished, but does the client’s information collected throughout the matter simply disappear?  Depending on the case, a closed file may contain a lot of valuable information:   Copies…

A client file has changed. A paragraph is missing. A date is different. A document that was there yesterday has been replaced with another version. Who changed it?  If answering that question means asking around the office, searching through email attachments, or checking the “Date Modified” column and hoping it provides a clue, your law…

A compromised partner email can cause wire fraud when an attacker gains access to a legitimate business email account, watches real payment conversations, and changes the banking instructions before a payment goes out. Because the message may come from a trusted address and appear inside an existing email thread, the fraud can be extremely difficult…

For a long time, cybersecurity in the legal world was treated like an annual checkup. A firm would bring in an IT technician to run a quick antivirus scan across the network, push out a few software updates, and hand the managing partner a clean bill of health. Until the next review, everyone assumed the…

Law firms are entrusted with some of the most sensitive information in any industry, including litigation strategies, merger and acquisition documents, intellectual property, financial records, and privileged client communications. That makes them an attractive target for cybercriminals. Yet many firms continue to rely primarily on passwords to protect these valuable assets, even though passwords have…