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Sensei Article Featured in Texas Bar Journal

January 31, 2017

“What You Need to Know to Survive a Cyberaudit”, by Sharon Nelson and John Simek, was featured in the Texas Bar Journal. The Texas Bar Journal is the official publication of the State Bar of Texas and the only legal publication mailed to every member of the Texas Bar.

Excerpt: Three years ago, there was a collective gasp heard ’round the country the day the press reported that Bank of America Merrill Lynch was auditing the cybersecurity policies at its outside law firms, partly under pressure from government regulators. Then-Assistant General Counsel Richard M. Borden stated that Bank of America is “one of the largest targets in the world” for cyberattacks, that law firms are “considered one of the biggest vectors that the hackers, or others, are going to go at to try to get to our information,” and regulators are paying close attention.

The prophecy that law firms would be forced to confront their data security shortcomings has come true. Clients, along with regulators, want assurances that law firm data is being adequately protected. Information security audits, more politely termed “assessments,” are regular occurrences at many law firms. The requests for the evaluations come not only from clients, but also from insurance companies—they want to know what they are getting into first.