Articles

Jan 03, 2017

Security Awareness Training for Law Firm Employees

Excerpt: Sadly, your greatest asset – your employees – are also the greatest threat to your cybersecurity. We know this because we

Nov 21, 2016

Security Fatigue and its Impact on Law Firm Security

Excerpt: People are inherently lazy. After all, why do something today that you can put off until tomorrow? Users hate to

Nov 01, 2016

How Does A Law Firm Find a Good Cybersecurity Company?

Excerpt: Almost all law firms have an IT consultant, whether an outside consultant or in-house employee. All too often, lawyers believe that

Sep 26, 2016

Finding and Effectively Using an Expert Witness

Excerpt: In the summer of 2016, author Simek had the pleasure of joining a Pennsylvania Bar Association panel comprised of both testifying

Sep 21, 2016

Will Our Data Be Any Safer in 2026?

Excerpt: That was the question I was asked to answer at the College of Law Practice Management’s 2016 Futures Conference. As part

Aug 08, 2016

Law Firm Data Breaches: The Cone of Silence Shatters

Excerpt: For years, the authors (and many others) have been saying that law firms generally keep mum about data breaches. While we

Jul 26, 2016

Cybersecurity Basics

Excerpt: Cybersecurity is a hot topic these days, but what does it mean to practicing lawyers today? Essentially, cybersecurity is the protection

Jun 07, 2016

Is Windows 10 Spying on You?

Excerpt: It’s hard to find statistics identifying how many people are currently running Windows 10. One thing we do know is that

May 21, 2016

Find Wyatt Earp: Your Digital Forensics Expert

Excerpt: Scarcer than rubies are talented digital forensics experts who are also skilled at writing expert reports and giving court testimony. So

May 03, 2016

Data Analytics: Hollywood and the Practice of Law

Excerpt: The very first time we saw Moneyball, we knew it would crop up in an article. The movie’s use of data

Mar 11, 2016

Clients Demand Law Firm Cyberaudits

Excerpt: Amid much hand-wringing, the prophecy that law firms would be forced to confront their data security shortcomings has finally come true.

Mar 11, 2016

Be Prepared – Planning for When Your Law Firm Suffers a Data Breach

Excerpt: We deliberately chose the title “When Your Firm Suffers a Data Breach,” not “If.” This is consistent with an oft-repeated mantra