Law firms are sweet targets for hackers given the rich data they store, from intellectual property to confidential merger details to personal and health information and more. The last decade is littered with headlines about data hacks and ransomware attacks at even the most sophisticated global law firms. Yet, according to the 2020 Legal Technology Survey Report conducted by the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) fewer than half of the firms polled employ some of the most basic security measures, such as email and file encryption. What can smaller firms do to protect their data and that of their clients?
Joining me to discuss this important issue is Ondrej Krehel, CEO & Founder of LIFARS,
a New York City based incident response and digital forensics firm
specializing in solutions to optimize an organization’s cybersecurity
protections. Ondrej is recognized for his digital forensic expertise and
ethical hacking skills He participates in high-profile engagements
around the world using his proprietary methodology to achieve the most
rapid root-cause analysis and remediation. He is a former lecturer at
FBI Training Academy who has led forensic investigations and
cybersecurity involving the U.S. government, including military cyber
special operations. He holds an Ph.D. in Computer Forensics from Police
Academy in Bratislava, Slovakia, and M.S. degree in Mathematical
Physics from Comenius University in Bratislava and an Engineering
Diploma from Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia.
Joining Ondrej and me is Gaspare J. Marturano,
Chief Marketing Officer at LIFARS. Gaspare is a former Director of
Information Systems for a large Connecticut law firm and has consulted
on these issues with a number of other law firms.
This podcast is the audio companion to the Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation, a collaborative project between HB Litigation Conferences and the Fastcase legal research family, which includes Full Court Press, Law Street Media,
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I
particularly enjoyed hearing about what one kid was doing at 17, an age
when I was certain I would be sought out for my rock drumming artistry.
Of course, that kid was operating a criminal enterprise. I was just
trying to impress girls.
Tom Hagy