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Sensei Article Featured in VBA Journal

June 22, 2017

“Security Awareness: Is Your Firm Protected?” by Sensei’s Sharon Nelson and John Simek was featured in the Spring 2017 issue of the VBA Journal. The VBA Journal is a publication of the Virginia Bar Association.
Excerpt: The greatest threats to your law firm’s cybersecurity include click-happy employees and rogue workers determined to use their own devices, and go where they want to on the internet, against firm policies. Data beaches and ransomware infections regularly occur. Consider a few statistics. A study of 1,200 full-time employees in October 2015 by the Computer Technology Industry Association found that:
  • 63 percent used work mobile devices for personal activities
  • 94 percent used mobile business devices to connect to public Wi-Fi networks
  • 78.5 percent used public Wi-Fi to check work email, and
  • 60 percent used public Wi-Fi to gain access to work documents
Furthermore, 45 percent never had any cybersecurity training from employers.
See the entire article here (page 28-29).