Cost to your firm, or cost you your firm? – partner training will help your decision

Cost to your firm, or cost you your firm? – partner training will help your decision

Recent statistical increases in law sector cybercrime make for disturbing reading, and as is the case with any criminal activity, the more sophisticated an attack, the sophistication required for prevention has to be far greater.

Whereas common sense alone has often been a driving force behind many law firms minimising their exposure to cyber security breaches, for those that have continued to ponder what to do and where to go, the pressure to act is mounting.

The ever increasing number of claims for cybercrime is compelling PI insurance underwriters to act. Some are refusing to include cover against it, but as with any business sector, the insurance industry includes companies offering pioneering solutions to this mounting issue. The result is a new emergence of insurance companies willing to offer such protection, provided recognised measures and standards have been attained.

Such accredited standards are readily available, and include Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, Lexcel, as well as the British Standard in Information Security, ISO27001.

Not only should firms be encouraged to achieve such accreditations for insurance purposes in the future, they should also want to demonstrate a commitment to Information Security as a high priority, as such results in respect from their client base, whilst also enabling competitive advantage.

Fundamentally, law firms have a responsibility to close gaps that allow criminals to prosper. As most cybercrime activity in the law sector attacks client assets directly, the aftermath of a destroyed reputation is often the beginning of the end of a firm, if not the end itself.

So how does a firm begin to deal with the threat of cybercrime? What are the signs to look for? Has a firm already been hacked and they’re unaware of it? Are they mitigating their threat with vulnerability scanning or penetration testing? What is the difference? What are all the internal and external threats? What are the current/future likely procedures a firm will have to have in place to satisfy the SRA, insurers, Lexcel, and the imminent arrival of the European Commission’s General Data Protection Regulation?

Last year, Xyone Cyber Security launched its ‘Partner Training’ sessions. Over 100 law firms took advantage of this training module, which was attended by Partners, Board Members, Heads of Risk & Compliance, and Heads of IT throughout the UK.

In collaboration with this publication, these sessions have been extended on a zero expense basis. By completing this training module, attendees will fully understand the three strategies necessary to prevent cyber-attacks, being to mitigate:

1) External Risk

2) Internal Risk

3) Breaches with Compliant Structures

Confidentiality has been vital in our success, and with a reputation gained from references supplied by working alongside many of the most respected law firms in the UK, Xyone Cyber Security is at the forefront for all your Information Security requirements. Book your ‘Partner Training – Prevention Over Cure’ by calling 03333 233981.

This article was submitted to be published by Xyone Cyber Security as part of their advertising agreement with Today’s Conveyancer. The views expressed in this article are those of the submitter and not those of Today’s Conveyancer.

Stephen Robinson, Managing Director at Xyone Cyber Security

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