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Sensei Pens Column For Above The Law
March 12, 2024
Above the Law recently featured the Sensei article entitled “Cybersecurity Assessments For Law Firms: How Not To Screw Them Up” by Sharon Nelson, John Simek and Michael Maschke.
Excerpt:
Should You Have a Cybersecurity Assessment Every Year?
Absolutely. A fair number of firms perform cybersecurity assessments twice a year. For most firms, we’ll settle for once a year. It is also true that most cyberinsurance companies will also settle for once-a-year assessments. The biggest firms may do it twice a year (or more), but most of you reading this are probably doing just fine with yearly assessments.
We have lived through 2023 – in which we saw more law firm breaches than ever before. And we saw (horrifyingly) a stream of class action lawsuits filed against breached law firms. So yes, we need to pay attention to cybersecurity assessments – not put them off or skip a year for budgetary reasons. While we often hear that budgets don’t allow for a cybersecurity assessment, if you get breached, your budget is going all to hell. Better to spend the money and avoid the breach.