Cybersecurity

Achieving cybersecurity maturity within your law firm

Imagine your firm can detect and contain a cybersecurity threat even before it has a chance to disrupt the firm's business. Threats could be contained…

Don Philmlee April 06, 2021

High Tension: Emergent Issues in Employee, Client & Vendor Audits

Comprehensive security audits are routine requests conducted by and asked of nearly every professional service firm today. Thanks to expanded regulatory guidelines, the ongoing pandemic,…

Legal Executive Institute January 28, 2021

Using AI and emerging tech to battle disinformation & protect digital identities

Digital communications have put a spotlight on the prevalence of disinformation, including deep fakes, and the possibility for political upheaval that they carry. Industries turning…

Aileen Schultz September 17, 2020

It Takes a Village: ILTA>ON tackles remote law firm security

The realities of the pandemic not only forced the legal industry to work from home, it forced the annual conference of the International Legal Technology…

Peter Colin September 09, 2020

Tech-Enabled A2J: How tech is helping pro se litigants navigate the courts

In our ongoing column, Tech-Enabled A2J, Kristen Sonday, co-founder & COO of Paladin, takes a look at how legal start-ups and legal technology innovations are impacting the…

Kristen Sonday August 17, 2020

The rising profile of the Corporate Security Executive

This blog post was written by Michael Gips, JD, CPP, CSyP, CAE, and principal of Global Insights in Professional Security; and A.J. Cook, who is…

Brooke Stokke July 24, 2020

Forum magazine: Boosting law firm business development by turning key clients into strategic accounts

This article was written by Silvia L. Coulter & Steve Bell, and originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Forum magazine. This article is…

Thomson Reuters Institute June 22, 2020

Using blockchain to avoid global sanctions & how financial institutions can prevent it

Economic sanctions are an important tool used by governments and multinational bodies such as the United Nations and the European Union. These sanctions are often…

Gina Jurva June 09, 2020

Financial institutions should expect tighter regulation, more fraud & increasing automation in the “New Normal”

The financial services industry has experienced an uptick in business due to the CARES Act and the issuance of Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans. In…

Bre Hamilton June 04, 2020

Forum magazine: More law firms are buying cyber insurance, but not all

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Forum magazine. Before the global pandemic, cyber-threats were escalating and the next major data breach seemed…

Gregg Wirth June 03, 2020

In the Pandemic, Exceptions to DMS Work Processes Can No Longer Be the Norm

Law firms have an inglorious history of internal non-compliance with security and information governance policies, such as around their document management system (DMS). Now, however,…

Joshua Fireman April 28, 2020

What Financial Institutions Need to Know about the Market Crisis & Ponzi Schemes

Just like May flowers follow April showers, Ponzi schemes implosions often will follow a market crisis. The last example of this phenomenon was the 2008…

Alison Jimenez March 23, 2020