New York is the latest in the growing list of states like California, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, enacting privacy and data security laws. On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Stop Hacks and Improve [...]
Law firms and Legal services are especially vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. As we start off the new year, we have listed a few of the many threats that can compromise your laptop, network and client data: [...]
Ransomware attacks and data breaches continue to show no signs of slowing down. Companies across many industry verticals fall victim to what seems to be an almost daily occurrence. Most recently, the education sector is proving to be an easy & [...]
As we look back on October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it is important to understand the state of the legal industry and how much more can be done to increase security and awareness in general. Thanks to the ABA’s 2018 Legal Technology [...]
You cannot possibly fix what you do not know is broken. That’s a fact. We are now at a point where 15 percent of attorneys have received from a client or prospective client a request for a security assessment. Thirty-four percent have received [...]
Law firms often deal with a huge amount of highly sensitive information, and it’s necessary to ensure full client trust. This amount of data would be inefficient to keep in a non-digital format, but technology does come with [...]
More and more often cyber-attacks and data breaches are being highlighted in the media today. The public’s awareness has increased clients’ demands that cybersecurity for law firms is heightened, knowing the type of sensitive data that law [...]
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is launching their inaugural Tech Summit this September. During the summit, JDL will be hosting a booth and offering Free Dark Web Scans in addition to a raffle for a Security Assessment Plus. We [...]
Your Money, Reputation and Liability is on the Line. The data breach at Capital One, one of the largest credit card issuers, affected over one hundred million people. One hundred million just in the U.S. There were an additional six [...]
Think that your law firm is too small to be at risk for a cyber-attack? You might want to think again. By the end of 2019, ransomware attacks are projected to affect one business every 14 seconds, up from every 40 seconds in 2018. Law firms, [...]