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Cybersecurity and Legal Tech In 2022: Predictions from the Field

By Zach Warren
January 01, 2022

[Editor's Note: Cybersecurity Law & Strategy has once again joined with its ALM sibling, Legaltech News, to offer expert opinions for what the New Year might bring in cybersecurity. We've combined the comments on cybersecurity, remote work, privacy and e-discovery into this article and added a few additional comments. We'll have more on legal ops, next generation tech and more next month.]

This past year was the year of the threat vector. With so many people now working remotely, the amount of infiltration points for potential bad actors multiplied. Phishing attacks intensified as employees became married to email and communication platforms. And ransomware knocked companies across the world offline with devastating consequences.

But even with that backdrop, there's hope for the cyber future. Both federal and state governments focused on cybersecurity as a cornerstone for the future, providing more resources for cybersecurity professionals to fight back. More business leaders saw the damage cyber attacks can bring, leading to increased attention (and funds) paid to their organizations' cyber issues. And employees themselves began to take cyber issues more seriously, with training and awareness about phishing and other social engineering attempts on the rise.

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