Law Firms Ponder Cybersecurity Certification

This is a good time to consider getting ISO 27001 (information security) certification, writes Jonathan L. Schwartz, a partner in the Global Insurance Services Group of Goldberg Segalla in Chicago. By his reckoning, ten large U.S. law firms and two UK Magic Circle firm have already done so, and nearly two dozen more are considering it. He looks at what’s involved and why some firms are opting to do it, as well as one factor – cost – that will make some think twice.