- Legal Firms are Facing
Legal firms are increasingly becoming the target of cyber threats, facing a unique and complex cybersecurity challenge. Given the sensitive nature of the information they handle, such as intellectual property, client confidentiality, and personal data, these firms are attractive to cybercriminals.
- 75% of Law firms have been the target of a cyber attack
- $4.45 million, the global average cost
- of a data breach has markedly risen
- 41% of law firms suffered from a security incident caused by staff
- Phishing
Working with third parties increases the legal industry’s risk to phishing attacks. These deceptive emails or websites can cause staff to expose data, leading to unauthorized access, significant financial loss, and irreversible harm to the firm’s reputation.
- Data Loss
Data loss can occur due to hardware failure, accidental deletion, or cyber-attacks aimed at destroying or stealing client confidential data resulting in disrupted operations, loss in trust, lost intellectual property, legal liabilities, and even business closure.
- Ransomware
Ransomware encrypts data for a ransom, and malware breaches systems, causing disruptions, data loss, financial and legal issues. Lack of Multi-Factor Authentication provide hackers with a window of opportunity to infiltrate these systems, thus worsening the threat scope
- User Risk
Cybersecurity incidents are often caused by human errors such as weak passwords, and clicking on malicious links. Inadequate security practices put sensitive data at risk, leading to financial losses, damaged reputation, and loss of competitive advantage.
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- Prevent disruption of business operations, client confidentiality, and proprietary data.
- Improved cybersecurity practices builds trust.
- for clients, lawyers, and administrators.
- Mitigate the legal firms financial risk of litigation, and large fines or penalties in case of a breach.
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The Key Role of MSPs in Boosting Cybersecurity in Law
Lawyers deal with sensitive client information that, if exposed, could lead their clients to severe financial and reputational losses. Therefore partnering with a cybersecurity managed service provider, it is vital to adopt cybersecurity measures with real-time protection, regular access reviews and continual security training to ensure the safety of sensitive data and system integrity.
Lawyers
Focused on conducting legal research, drafting documents, organizing and coordinating legal work, paralegals access important and sensitive data on a regular basis. This makes them potential targets for data breaches. By using MSPs, firms can enhance data security, educate employees on good data
management practices, and reinforce data protection procedures.
Paralegals
This department often manages internal emailing, data entry, and scheduling, making them targets for phishing emails or malware intrusions. Conducting phishing simulations as well as launching awareness campaigns can significantly reduce the risk of such attacks, enhancing the security culture within the organization.
Administrative and Support Personnel
- Email Security – Stay ahead of potential email threats by leveraging a user-friendly API-based active protection
- Cloud Data – Enable cloud data protection to achieve a safe and secure data sharing with external users
- Awareness Training – Equip employees to be the first line of defense against the evolving landscape of cyber threats
- External Risk – Gain actionable insights on external threats by scanning digital exposure and vulnerabilities
- Endpoint Security – Protect laptops, and desktops from cyber threats such as malware, and ransomware
- Secure Browsing – Keep your browser secure with the extension for protection against viruses and malicious sites
- Phishing Simulation – Continually simulating cyber attacks like phishing emails to highlight weak spots
- Insurance – Transfer the cyber risk associated with evolving cyber threats with tailored coverage at the right price
