To succeed in the metaverse, businesses must consider how they will collect, use and manage data as they enter this uncharted virtual territory.
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ABA Says Its Network Hacked; User Names and Hashed Passwords Possibly Accessed
The American Bar Association said last night that an unauthorized hacker gained access to the ABA network and may have acquired usernames and salted and hashed passwords that members would have used to access a prior version of the website.
In a statement, the ABA said:
“On March 17, 2023, the ABA observed unusual activity on its network. The association
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9 Recent Developments That Changed the Data Privacy Landscape
New technologies, new laws and new regulations have shifted data privacy substantially just within the last few months.
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Collaborative Cybersecurity: Working Across Legal and Information Security for Better Outcomes
The costs of failing to collaborate can be high: compliance failures, often the ambit of the legal/compliance team, add significantly to the costs of a data breach.
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Leadership Blaming Working From Home For Its Own Data Privacy Failures
Get ready for executives to blame the next big cyberattack on all you pesky kids working from home.
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Use With Caution: ChatGPT's Cyberrisks Are Just Coming Into Focus
“You actually have no assurance at any point that you can trust it,” warned David Carvalho, co-founder and CEO of Naoris Protocol.
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Cybersecurity Incident Shuts Down Biglaw Network
Fire up your personal email accounts!
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APIs Can Be Blind Spot in Legal Teams' Data Security, Governance Plans
While application programming interfaces (APIs) are nothing new to the legal industry, many organizations’ information security controls may not account for them as much as they should.
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Cyberattack Forces Biglaw Firm To Take Document Management System Down For Weeks
The firm seems to have recovered after the incident.
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Dark Web Monitoring For Law Firms: Is It Worthwhile?
It is the fear of personal information being disclosed on the dark web that has spurred such great interest in monitoring services.
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Shields Up! What Lawyers Need to Know to Avoid Phishing Attacks
Welcome to a new year! And if you are an attorney in New York, you are welcoming a new category of CLE.
Beginning on July 1, 2023, licensed attorneys in New York will be required to complete one CLE credit hour of cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection training as part of their biennial learning requirement.
While 40 states (as of
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Sign of the Times: New York To Require Cybersecurity CLE Credits
Here is a recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.
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Sign of the Times: New York To Require Cybersecurity CLE Credits
When was the last time you attended a CLE course focused on cybersecurity issues? If you’re anything like most lawyers, chances are you’ve never taken one. But if you’re a New York
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Legal Tech's Predictions for Cybersecurity in 2023
Legal industry experts weigh in on what to expect from cybersecurity in the next year.
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November Cyberattack Hobbled Cadwalader for Weeks, Internal Emails Show
The firm declined to say whether client information was compromised.
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EDiscovery Provider Still Down A Week Later, Pledges To Be Back Tomorrow… Probably
A week later, firms should have access to their reviews again.
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