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Sensei Article Featured in Texas Bar Journal

June 20, 2017

“Prepare and Beware: Why Your Law Firm Employees Need Security Training” by Sensei’s Sharon Nelson and John Simek was featured in the June 2017 issue of the Texas Bar Journal. The Texas Bar Journal is a publication of the State Bar of Texas.
Excerpt: Sadly, your greatest asset—your employees—is also the greatest threat to your cybersecurity. We know this because we regularly see data breaches and ransomware infections caused by click-happy staffers. You also have rogue employees determined to use their own devices and go where they want on the internet, irrespective of firm policies.

Let’s look at a few statistics. A 2015 Computing Technology Industry Association online survey of 1,200 full-time employees found that 45 percent of the respondents had never had any cybersecurity training from employers, 63 percent used work mobile devices for personal activities, and 94 percent used mobile business devices to connect to public Wi-Fi networks. That same year, an Association of Corporate Counsel survey of over 1,000 general counsels found that only one-in-three tracked attendance at mandatory cybersecurity training, only 19 percent gave a test, and only 17 percent had “simulated security events.” That needs to change.