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Maneuvering the Madness of Cyber and ESI Education & Certification

Step one: Get the basics quickly, and stay ahead of the curve professionally.
13 minute read

International Edition

'A great target for cyber-crime' - WannaCry attacks push law firm tech security up the agenda

With cyber-attacks continuing to make headlines, partners and IT security experts discuss the implications for law firms
8 minute read

International Edition

'A great target for cyber-crime' - WannaCry attacks push law firm tech security up the agenda

With cyber-attacks continuing to make headlines, partners and IT security experts discuss the implications for law firms
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Your Cyberinsurance Policy May Cover Less Than You Think

The increased prevalence, and awareness, about cyberattacks should surprise no one. Cybersecurity breaches against businesses and political entities within the last several years has brought the issue from a niche focus into the broader strategic focus of most organizations.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Company Cyberinsurance—The Supply Chain Dilemma

A company's supply chain is an integral and sometimes complicated part of its business. As companies optimize their supply chains using interconnected technology, the cyberrisk of disruption and lost business multiplies.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Health Care: Cybersecurity in an Insecure World

We are currently witnessing the most expansive digitization of health care in history (Professor Jonathan Weiner, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, September 26, 2014; Graham, M.B., Thomas Jefferson School of Population Health Capstone Proposal, July 2016).
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cloud Control: Data Security Hazards and How to Avoid Them

Cloud computing, virtually nonexistent 15 years ago, is now verging on being the rule rather than the exception in the business world. According to the Gartner technology research firm, by 2019, more than 30 percent of the 100 largest vendors' new software investments will have shifted from cloud-first to cloud-only, and by the year 2020, a corporate "no-cloud" policy will be as rare as a "no-internet" policy is today.
17 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cybersecurity

In the Legal's Cybersecurity supplement read about health care and cybersecurity, cyberinsurance for businesses and data security hazards and how to avoid them.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Case for Cyberexposure Management Has Been Made

Had enough? If you believe everything you hear, you would be forgiven for concluding that cyberspace is so full of threats that you should shut down all online electronic communications and storage.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Oversight of Cybersecurity Matters Is Good for Business

The Global Risk Management Survey, which surveyed 2,000 public and private companies across a wide range of industries, places cybercrime/hacking/viruses/malicious codes as the fifth risk globally and the top risk in North America. The survey also projects that the risk of cybercrime will stay at these levels in 2020. Since the cyberrisk is clearly on companies' radar screens and not going away in the near future, boards of directors need to establish an effective governance structure to oversee cybersecurity matters and monitor management's plans and progress in this critical area. An effective oversight mechanism can also serve as a good defense of a board's business judgement in the event of a cyberbreach and related lawsuits claiming that directors breached their fiduciary duties.
16 minute read

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