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Measuring Success in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity concerns are akin to health concerns. You can practice a healthy lifestyle; you can get regular medical check-ups; you can be vigilant in monitoring your own body. Still, the question remains, “How do I know I'm healthy?” The answer is, “You don't.”
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Five Takeaways from Recent Cybersecurity Developments by Colorado and the SEC
Colorado recently adopted a new law expanding companies' obligations in the event of a cybersecurity incident, and establishing new data security and disposal obligations. Recent announcements by the SEC likewise emphasize important responsive points for both companies and their personnel in the wake of an incident. Five key takeaways from these developments are highlighted in this article.
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Protecting Privilege Before and After a Cyber Breach
Critical to any counsel working to prevent a cyber attack or respond to a successful cyber intrusion is an understanding of why and how to properly utilize both attorney-client and work-product privilege.
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Is Gmail's New Ephemeral Messaging Service a Threat to Data Retention?
Despite some potential problems with widespread use of Gmail's 'confidential mode,' the new ephemeral messaging function can be easily managed from an information governance perspective.
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Legal Tech: Approaches and Considerations for Discovery Cost Minimization and Recovery
The costs of litigation increase with ever more potentially responsive data, litigation technology options, and a truly global reach in the context of much litigation. In response, law firms must continue to consider viable approaches to broaching discussions surrounding the recovery of these costs both within the firm and, more importantly, with law firm clients.
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Pitching Your Cybersecurity Case to Law Enforcement Agencies
This article focuses on the unique issues that arise in a specific but increasingly common scenario: when your client is the victim of a cybercrime.
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Case Study: How Momkus McCluskey Virtualized Its IT for Better Security and Productivity
Whatever direction we went with our IT, we wanted to make sure we would be following the absolute best practices from a security perspective. I needed to know that our data would be safe, secure, as well as fully backed up in case something went wrong.
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Legal Tech: A Deep Dive Into the Tech Upgrades in Thomson Reuters' Westlaw Edge
The new technology offering from Thomson Reuters features a retooled warning system for questionable law, an expanded litigation analytics offering, and more.
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Book Review: Cybersecurity Program Development for Business: The Essential Planning Guide
While many business owners and executives understand that a data security problem/need exists, they do not have a baseline fluency in the concepts and alphabet soup that comprise the language of digital information security. To this extent, Chris Moschovitis' new book is an effective cybersecurity primer for the management community.
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Blockchain and GDPR — Frenemies?
In a nutshell, GDPR mandates that individuals have access and control over the use and maintenance of their data in certain circumstances, while the foundation of blockchain relies on the immutability of data. On the surface, these concepts seem in direct conflict with each other. This article discusses the points where GDPR and blockchain share common ground, where conflicts may exist and possible approaches for mitigating those conflicts.
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