A more dispersed and remote workforce is likely inhibiting just how far law firms’ cybersecurity protections can reach nowadays. With more attorneys potentially exposed to heightened cyberrisk, a once-centralized security approach is giving way to one more focused on improving individual attorney’s cyber hygiene. And at least one state bar association is moving to ensure its attorneys know how to adequately protect themselves.

Today, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) announced it approved a recommendation by its committee on technology and the legal profession to require New York attorneys to take at least one cybersecurity CLE credit. The proposal now goes to before the New York CLE board for consideration.