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Sensei Article Featured in Law Practice Magazine

April 6, 2017

If you look at the “Hot Buttons” column in the March/April 2017 TECHSHOW issue of the ABA’s Law Practice Magazine, you will find practical security information from Sensei’s Sharon Nelson and John Simek. The article “Securing Your Law Firm’s Website: A Critical Cybersecurity Task” gives law firms some great tips on keeping their websites safe and secure. The Law Practice Magazine is a bi-monthly publication of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Division.

Excerpt: One of a law firm’s most critical assets is its website – and yet protecting it is a priority that is often overlooked. Reading this and you’re not in a law firm? The same rules apply, so keep reading!

A lot of lawyers simply don’t think about protecting their websites. They ask why anyone would target them, especially if they are solos or small firms. The sad truth is that, today, the majority of attacks against websites are automated. The bad guys throw out a net looking for websites with vulnerabilities and pull in whatever insecure fish they can find – along with any data held on your website.

If you are targeted, the risk is much greater. In all likelihood, you are now facing a more sophisticated attacker with a clear agenda who is likely to have more sophisticated tools.

Read the entire article here.