Legal firms today have plenty of industry challenges to worry about. Like everyone else, there\u2019s an ongoing pandemic to worry about, plus a constant shortage of talent \u2013 not forgettingever-present, ever-changing regulatory and compliance frameworks to contend with.<\/p>\n
But ask your average legal firm number one what they\u2019re most concerned with today, and chances are they\u2019ll tell you one thing: cybersecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n A recent report from PwC found that the top 100 UK law firms are more likely to see cyber-attacks as a threat to their progress than Covid-19<\/a>. Across the board, cyber-attacks against law firms are increasing, as criminals target the vast amount of money, information and client data retained within the industry.<\/p>\n With the average cost of a data breach in the UK comfortably in the millions, legal firms have prioritised cybersecurity<\/a> initiatives to protect themselves. If your business handles sensitive legal data, what should you be doing to protect it?<\/p>\n Good cybersecurity<\/a> foundations start with something as simple as account passwords. Creating complex passwords remains one of the most effective ways to protect online accounts, and the bigger stream of non-sensical letters and numbers you can come up with, the better.<\/p>\n Sure, you\u2019ve got no chance of remembering it, but that\u2019s where installing a password manager comes in, which will securely log all of your \u2018enigma code\u2019 level entry keys for you. Two- or multi- factor authentication has become the norm in many account protection processes<\/a> to offer that additional security blanket. 2FA means that even if someone gets hold of your password, it\u2019s unlikely they\u2019ll have the additional information to complete the log in process.<\/p>\n In a GDPR-heavy world, businesses have been forced to take action to ensure their organisation is storing and sharing data appropriately.<\/p>\n Proper, secure data sharing should also be considered a big part of your cybersecurity protocols, and you should always access sensitive data via an encrypted cloud platform<\/a> like Google Drive<\/a>, Dropbox or OwnCloud. You must be careful with bring your own device (BYOD) policies within your organisation. While advantageous from an accessibility standpoint, BYOD poses a number of security risks<\/a> that you need to regulate – not least how those devices are used and what control they have.<\/p>\n If you are running BYOD in your legal firm, it\u2019s essential you have strict company protocols in place and ensure all data is both encrypted and password protected. Increasingly for mid-sized to larger organisations, the technology lawyer<\/a> is becoming less of a novelty and more of a necessity.<\/p>\n Across most industries, organisations have the challenge of dealing with exponential technological growth that typically outpaces the law supporting it, meaning high tech firms (including law firms) need to have a tech lawyer in place to anticipate changes, navigate tech-related changes and ensure cybersecurity elements<\/a> are up to scratch.<\/p>\n Heading into 2022, cybersecurity remains a major concern for a variety of industries, but it\u2019s perhaps the legal sector where the heaviest focus lies.<\/p>\n With data security absolutely paramount for every organization, installing high-end cybersecurity initiatives sits as a top priority for legal firms in the new year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Legal firms today have plenty of industry challenges to worry about. Like everyone else, there\u2019s an ongoing pandemic to worry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4596,"featured_media":55589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[897,11528,7020,600,6345,11530,11526,10359,11529,11527,10893],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/4596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55588"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55670,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55588\/revisions\/55670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/55589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Password is \u2018PASSWORD\u2019<\/h3>\n
\nAlso read:<\/span> Best 10 Email Marketing Tools in 2021<\/a><\/span>\nMulti-layered authentication<\/h3>\n
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\nAlso read:<\/span> Top 7 Work Operating Systems of 2021<\/a><\/span>\nBe careful with BYOD<\/h3>\n
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