How cyber resilient is your law practice?

Our article by Simone featured in the Law Society Journal, December 2018. Click though to read the full article where Simone discusses the types of scams impacting legal practices, and how they actually work. She highlights possible dangers in outsourcing responsibility for cyber resilience to external IT consultants and, how do different insurance policies respond?

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Risk transfer through insurance

Insights: Regardless of size, cyber risk is a significant risk to all law firms. Professional indemnity policies often provide broad coverage for third party claims but not the firm’s own losses. Cyber insurance can offer different, additional types of cover including specialist technical support.

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Email scams are targeting law practices

This article was first published in the Law Society Journal of May 2018. Key insights: beware of increasingly prevalent email scams, especially those requesting passwords, be vigilant in updating computer security software, be wary of fraudulent emails requiring changes to payment directions.

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