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Cybersecurity: Law Firms Are Coming Up Short

By Ricci Dipshan
March 02, 2017

Law firms are increasingly confident in their cybersecurity capabilities, despite many falling short of adequate breach response preparation. This finding is according to ALM Intelligence's “Cybersecurity and Law Firms: Defeating Hackers, Winning Clients” report, a survey of 210 law firm respondents holding a variety of roles, including internal legal counsel, managing partner, chief technology officer and chief privacy officer.

The survey found that cybersecurity pressures are being acutely felt across the legal industry — 90% of respondents felt attacks against the industry were increasing, while 73% noted receiving pressure from their clients to shore up their cybersecurity defenses.

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