The U.S. government’s move to ban the use of antivirus platform Kaspersky Lab in its agencies or adding telecom giant Huawei to its list of entities that have been involved in activities “contrary to the national security,” may give some law firms pause when considering whether to use the same technology.
But that doesn’t mean such tech providers or platforms are completely blacklisted. Law firms, like corporations, will weigh the potential risk of storing sensitive client data on such platforms and consider alternative tech developed in countries with less-intrusive governments.
