We’ve all read the articles about law firms being targets for hackers. This is often perceived to the case because they can be entities holding exceptionally valuable data (think M&A or valuable IP secrets) with infrastructures which might not be quite as secure as they could be. After all, let’s be honest, most law firms are not hiring security experts from the CIA or Department of Defense, and many law firms are yet not obsessing over the difference between security, the perimeter, zero trust models or conducting quarterly vulnerability tests (although, arguably, perhaps they should be).

In some ways, the pieces comprising a suitable security plan might be considered more complex to assemble than a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. But one thing is clear: New technologies are more the rage and increasing becoming a larger part of the solution. One of these technologies is clearly single sign on (SSO), powered by a technology known as SAML 2.0 (Security Assertion Markup Language) and generally put forward by a company providing Identity as a Service (IDaaS).