KeyboardWhen it comes to discussing security, most IT directors will insist on keeping their mouths firmly shut. But as information and content security remains a sprawling issue that IT directors and chief information officers (CIOs) of law firms are having to wrestle with, discussion of the perceptions and attitudes towards security is becoming necessary.

“With the exception of the top tier of law firms, the standard of information security displayed by the legal profession is below that seen in the rest of the corporate world,” explains Alex Fidgen, strategist for MWR InfoSecurity.