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JOHN SIMEK OF SENSEI ENTERPRISES IS QUOTED IN THE AMERICAN LAWYER

February 20, 2014

John Simek of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. is quoted in an article titled, “Mayer Brown Balks at Idea it Was Spied on by U.S. Ally it Once Advised”.The statement is clearly aimed at reassuring the many international clients Mayer Brown’s lawyers contact regularly by email and cellphone that their confidential information is safe—and somewhat more emphatic than the comments attributed to one of the firm’s attorneys by the Times. “I always wonder if someone is listening, because you would have to be an idiot not to wonder in this day and age,” Duane Layton, the Washington, D.C.–based partner who leads Mayer Brown’s government and global trade practice. “But I’ve never really thought I was being spied on.”

That, says John Simek, is a mistake too many lawyers and law firms continue to make….”that no matter how robust Mayer Brown own mechanisms for preventing snooping are, there is only so much that is within the firm’s control given the way information whips around the world these days. Which is why he would take little comfort in the firm’s contention that no surveillance occurred “at the firm.”

“You have no idea where the communications may have been intercepted,” says Simek, who adds, “I think in general law firms have not done enough to properly secure their own environments and communications networks.” Another thing to consider, he says, is the proficiency of those doing the eavesdropping. “These guys are good. I wouldn’t expect you know whether they’ve been getting access to your communications.”

To read more please go to:  http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202643293747/Mayer-Brown-Balks-at-Idea-it-Was-Spied-on-by-U.S.-Ally-it-Once-Advised#ixzz2tgusT3HZ