Law Firms Are Now Prime Hacker Targets

A post from Chris Pogue at Nuix looks at the issue of law firm vulnerability to cyber attack, and what firms can do about it. For some it’s an uphill battle, as they confront the widespread perception that cybersecurity – things like encryption, firewalls and multi-factor authentication – are a cumbersome inconvenience, and the entrenched belief that anything that does not directly support the business of the firm isn’t worth funding. Here are the questions firms should be asking themselves, and five steps they can take now to “catch up and stay out of the headlines.”