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Information Governance: Law Firms' Cybersecurity Weak Spot

Perimeter security is only one part of a comprehensive legal data security strategy and by itself leaves open a weak spot — attackers who, using phishing or other methods, are able to bypass strong perimeter security systems, and once inside find themselves able to access a firm's emails, documents and other work product.

19 minute read April 02, 2017 at 12:06 AM
By
Ian Raine
Information Governance: Law Firms' Cybersecurity Weak Spot

With the Panama Paper incident and other noteworthy recent law firm security breaches top of mind (see, “Hackers Breach Law Firms,” Wall Street Journal (March 29, 2016)), law firms in the U.S. and around the world are increasingly concerned about being hacked by cybercriminals (see

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