Professional Services Archive
With the legal sector reporting an increase in targeted attacks in 2018, information security management remains a serious issue for law firms. The confidential information and large volumes of client funds they hold are highly desirable to cyber criminals, so …
Staff can jeopardise a firm’s security with a single moment of carelessness. 2018 saw a significant rise in the number of law firms reporting security incidents concerning their own staff, up from 33% in 2017 to 46% in 2018 according …
Information security management remains a serious issue for the legal sector, with law firms reporting an increase in targeted attacks in 2018. Large volumes of client funds and confidential information are irresistible to cyber criminals, so it is unsurprising that …
The need for speed Data breaches can have serious financial consequences for organisations of all sizes. The faster a breach can be detected and contained, the lower the costs for the organisation. Having systems in place to help identify and …
Data breaches are an unavoidable fact of life for all organisations, including professional services firms. It’s not a matter of ‘if’ a firm might be breached, but ‘when’. The cyber threat to the UK professional services sector is significant and, …
The SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) has issued a warning about emails that falsely claim to be from London law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. The SRA advised that such emails had been sent to a number of organisations. The emails …
The Australian law firm Slater and Gordon’s ill-fated £637 million acquisition of the professional services division of the British insurance outsourcer Quindell plc in 2015 has attracted a great deal of negative attention over the past few years. Soon after …
Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), aggrieved data subjects can sue firms for failing to secure their personal data properly. New statistics from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) showed that there was a 173% increase in data security …
Cyber security is all very well for large professional services firms with big budgets, but what can you do if your resources are more limited? Here we explain how you can make yourself safer without breaking the bank and taking …
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)’s compliance deadline is looming. Every organisation that processes personal data must be in compliance with the new law by 25 May or risk substantial regulatory fines from the Information Commissioner’s Office and legal action …
