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How Law Firms and Legal Departments Can Protect Against Meltdown and Spectre

By Adam Schlagman
March 01, 2018

In January, news of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities rocked the cybersecurity world. And even a few months later, the news is still reverberating, due to several patches that are significantly slowing down device and system performance.

To learn more about these vulnerabilities and how law firms and legal departments can protect against them now and in in the future, I sat down with Dana Simberkoff, Chief Risk, Privacy and Information Security Officer at AvePoint. In this role, Dana is responsible for AvePoint's privacy, data protection and security programs, while managing a global team of subject matter experts that provide executive level consulting, research and analytical support on current and upcoming industry trends, technology, standards, best practices, concepts and solutions for risk management and compliance.

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