In this article Ben Tomlinson further discusses findings from Atlas Cloud's Cyber Security study including key reasons why law firms are missing out on the benefits of being Cyber Essentials accredited.
In this article Ben Tomlinson further discusses findings from Atlas Cloud’s Cyber Security study including key reasons why law firms are missing out on the benefits of being Cyber Essentials accredited.
A recent study by Atlas Cloud, auditing over 5,000 UK-based law firms, reveals concerning cyber security vulnerabilities. Nearly three-quarters of firms have had employee passwords leaked into public sources, exposing them to potential criminal exploitation. Shockingly, fewer than half of these firms have implemented a key protective measure to prevent domain hijacking. In this article Pete Watson goes on to discuss the findings of the study and highlights the urgent need for the legal sector to strengthen cyber security measures to safeguard against increasing digital threats.
Data breaches can happen at any time, so it’s essential to know how to respond effectively. In her first article as an author for Chronicle Law, Kristy Gouldsmith provides a useful article about how to manage a data breach.
The last couple of years have seen a rapid growth in the number of businesses of all sizes shifting towards hosted desktop services.
CTS Attack: State-Sponsored & Serious Crime What’s the problem? Law firms are failing to prioritise their cybersecurity. Encompassing everything connected to the Internet, this failing not only ignores internal security but also their third-party supply security. As such, firms across the legal sector are unknowingly and unwittingly adopting insecure positions by default. What’s the harm? […]
Legal firms handle significant quantities of highly sensitive information which makes them highly attractive to cybercriminals. For that reason, legal firms need to take their cyber security extremely seriously.
From the attack on Hackney council to the Kaseya attack that demanded $70 Million USD, ransomware is posing more of a threat than ever. Especially thanks to COVID-19. For those who are unfamiliar, ransomware is a type of malware that is stealthily installed on an unsuspecting user’s P.C to extract money from their organisation. Before we go into how to […]
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