Summary
No organization is immune from cyber incidents. Although helpful, minimalist data protection practices are often not enough to save organizations from costly data loss and embarrassing reputational damage. Law firms are not immune, either: according to Mandiant, a division of FireEye, 80 of the 100 biggest law firms in the U.S. have been hacked since 2011.
Legal practitioners have real responsibility when it comes to protecting their organizations and their clients from potentially disastrous data breaches, and every day that legal teams don’t put proper cyber plans in place, the potential for disaster looms. This Practice Guide reviews six strategies for mitigating the risk of cyber incidents in your organization.
In this Practice Guide
- Six strategies for mitigating the risk of cyber incidents
- FTC tips for recovering from a data breach
Key Insights
- The importance of educational efforts
- The role of cyber insurance
- What to consider in a recovery plan
Practice Guide Download
Other related posts
From Rhetoric to Reality: Building a Culture of Diversity in the Legal Profession
Legal professionals give a lot of lip service to the importance of diversity and inclusion, yet moving the needle in those areas is challenging. Fortunately, there are ways you can change biased hiring and professional practices in order to transform your organization into a more inclusive and prosperous business.
Cross-Border Discovery: A Guide to Practical Challenges for US Counsel
As the world’s economies continue to reach across borders, US counsel representing companies of all sizes are more frequently required to gather data from other countries. This paper provides those counsel with practical guidance regarding the logistical and operational challenges that arise in a typical matter requiring cross-border discovery.