For obvious reasons, law firms treat client confidentiality as sacrosanct. However, security breaches are on the rise in the legal world. According to PWC’s annual law firms’ survey , 62 percent of law firms reported suffering from a security incident in 2015, up from 45 percent in 2014, with phishing attacks accounting for the majority of breaches. It’s no wonder law firms are going to ever greater lengths to safeguard clients’ confidentiality.
In last year’s ILTA legal technology purchasing survey , security management was recognized as the biggest challenge facing legal IT teams. Email management, cloud computing, information governance and BYOD were called out as more specific challenges relating to security.
