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Legal Tech's Predictions for Cybersecurity in 2020

A new year brings new threats: Here's what cyber lawyers and technologists expect to be the big cybersecurity stories of 2020.

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It’s not a secret any longer: The legal profession is a target. More than 100 law firms have reported data breaches, and that’s just the number that have disclosed them in a select number of states. It’s possible—though hopefully not likely—that the actual number of firms that have been breached is measured in the thousands, especially considering the crucial personal and business data law firms hold.

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Zach Warren

Zach Warren

Zach Warren is the editor-in-chief of Legaltech News. Based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Zach has been with LTN since 2015. He can be reached at [email protected]

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