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Podcast: What’s Hot in Cybersecurity for Law Firms?

January 5, 2016

It's not often that Jim Calloway, my co-host on the Legal Talk Network Digital Edge podcast, and I have a chance to interview my partner John Simek, but when a guest suddenly had to reschedule, we used the opportunity to have John talk about "What's Hot in Cybersecurity for Law Firms?"

The answer, of course, is "a lot." We are seeing more and more law firms scrambling to get security certifications like the International Standards Organization (ISO) 27001 certification. Others self-certify or have third parties certify to compliance with the National Institute of Standards (NIST) small business standards.

John offers helpful resources for small firms, talks about the data breaches of 2015, discusses e-mail encryption and the recent Texas ethics opinion, tells lawyers how to protect their networks from ransomware, cites the most common security mistakes in law firms and offers a view into the security world evolving from passwords to multi-factor authentication.

If you want a fast run-down of security concerns for law firms in 2016, here it is in 25 minutes. Thanks to John for being our pinch hitter!

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