More breach consideration regarding law firms

The Ride the Lightning blog poses a thoughtful, and hopefully introspective, question:  Does a leaked email from HBGary suggest that a large law firm sustained a breach itself?  You can view the article here and see the email that Sharon refers to.  Come to your own conclusions and think about how your firm might deal with this type of situation.

Law Firms Under Seige

From DarkReading.com, Kelly Jackson Higgins presents the case that law firms are increasingly targeted for digital attacks.  Why so?  Mergers, bankruptcies, trade secrets, criminal defense of prominent figureheads or celebrities, intellectual property... these are all some of the first reasons that pop into my head.  Think, for a minute, about the types of data which might be housed on law firms' servers.  This article gives a laundry list of reasons and examples, particularly mentioning the APT (or Advance Persistent Threat).  Higgins continues to showcase examples of technical reasons why many law firms are targeted, including a soft security culture.  Not surprisingly, most companies/persons make security a priority once they've had an incident.  Good read.

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I cannot express enough how pleased I am with the Digital Detectives Podcast, hosted by John and Sharon of Sensei Enterprises. Listening as a digital forensics professional, I find myself thinking about the insight my clients could gain by listening. The show surfs the barrel of the proverbial e-Discovery wave, speaking with many of the most well-known experts about real and current issues involving electronic discovery and computer forensics. Whether an attorney, e-Discovery or forensics professional, or CEO/CTO/CIO of a corporation, this is a great investment of your time. The knowledge gained from these discussions can help you or your clients save time and money.

Since the majority of our readership is law firms, I want to present two episodes I found to be particularly relevant to you:

The Deplorable State of Law Firm Security

Current Issues in Computer Forensics