The 2018 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical Decisions Made Simple written by Sensei’s Sharon Nelson, John Simek, and Michael Maschke was recently reviewed by Nicole Black with Above the Law.

Excerpt: Yesterday, during the latest monthly meeting, our guest presenter, Allison Shields, recommended a number of resources for solo and small-firm lawyers seeking to incorporate new technologies into their law practices.  After we ended the Q&A, one of the members of the Committee turned to me and asked, “What was the name of that book she mentioned?”

“The 2018 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide,” I replied. “It’s a really useful book.” As he hastily scribbled down the title, he said, “I’m buying it. It sounds like just what I need.”

There’s a reason he was so interested in this particular book. It’s because choosing the right legal technology tools for your law office isn’t easy — especially for solo and small-firm lawyers. Culling through the vast amounts of information available online and off, and then figuring out what will work best for your law firm, can be a challenging and time-consuming endeavor.

That’s where this book comes in. It’s written by legal technology experts, is updated annually, and is chock-full of the information solo and small-firm lawyers need in order to make knowledgeable, informed decisions about law office technology. The authors — Attorney Sharon Nelson, Certified Information Systems Security Professional John Simek, and Digital Forensics Examiner Michael Maschke — cover a vast range of hardware and software, provide a wealth of information and tips on choosing the right tools for your firm, and offer their perspective on the impact of emerging technologies on the practice of law.

See the entire review here.

Recently, Sensei’s John Simek was featured in “Ransomware is a growing threat, but there are things you can do to protect your firm” by Jason Tashea of the ABA Journal. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation’s 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Excerpt: Ransomware is a growing, $1 billion-a-year industry—and one that has already proven to be devastating to other multibillion-dollar industries around the world.

During a Friday panel at ABA Techshow, Jason McNew, founder of Stronghold Cyber Security, and John Simek, vice president of Sensei Enterprises, broke down the nature of ransomware attacks and what firms can do to protect or remediate their networks from this type of digital extortion.

The panelists noted that ransomware can strike any entity, ranging from national systems like the British National Health Service, to major law firms like DLA Piper to small businesses in any part of the world.

Read the entire article here.