Cybersecurity Measures for the Legal Sector
Law firms frequently handle extensive volumes of sensitive data, rendering them attractive targets for cyber attacks. Moreover, the legal industry must adhere to numerous regulatory mandates, failure to comply with which may result in severe financial consequences, amplifying the complexity of cybersecurity efforts.
Security Solutions to Protect Firm Data and Ensure Compliance
In the wake of climbing cyber attacks in the legal industry, it's never been more important to elevate your firm’s cybersecurity posture.
Legal IT teams must have 24×7 real-time cybersecurity operations that can manage vulnerabilities, monitor and detect threats, and respond to malicious and risky activity in real time. Otherwise, firms leave themselves open to major compliance and cyber threat risks.
20% of law firms have no idea whether or not they've been breached at any point in their history.
SOURCE: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Only 34% of law firms have an incident response plan in place in the event of a breach.
SOURCE: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Since 2011, 80 of the top 100 law firm have suffered a data breach.
SOURCE: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
More than a third of the law firms report a loss of billable hours post breach.
SOURCE: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION