Most firms find out their cybersecurity coverage has a gap the day they need it most - right after a breach
For a law firm, cybersecurity isn't only an IT question. Your duty of confidentiality doesn't stop at the filing cabinet - it extends to your network, your email, your document and case management systems, and any AI or automation tool the firm adopts.
Start with your cyber liability policy
Your firm almost certainly has one. Somewhere in that application, someone answered a page of questions about the security controls in place at your firm - multi-factor authentication, backups, encryption, staff training, how quickly systems get patched.
Two questions worth sitting with:
- Do you know how those questions were answered?
- If you had to file a claim tomorrow, could your firm produce evidence that those controls were actually in place at the time of the incident?
Paying premiums and being able to collect on them are not the same thing. That gap opens at the application, and most firms have never gone back to look.
We'd start by going back to look with you.
What attackers are actually after
Hackers don't just want your firm's money - they want privileged client communications, settlement terms, and case strategy. A breach at a law firm isn't only a security incident; it's a breach of client trust, and the consequences follow you into your client relationships and your professional standing.
Your people are the front line
Most incidents start with someone clicking something. We train attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff on phishing recognition, secure document handling, and the habits that keep privileged material where it belongs.
The security requirements that actually reach your firm
- Your clients. Corporate and institutional clients increasingly send outside counsel a security questionnaire, or require cyber coverage as a condition of engagement. A questionnaire you can't answer is work you don't get.
- Your carrier. The controls you attested to on your application.
- Payment card security. If your firm takes cards for retainers or invoices, that carries its own requirements. We've handled this for law firms and other clients.
- Preservation and retention. When data has to be held, your systems have to be able to hold it - and show that they did.
How we work
1. Look. What's actually in place today, how client data moves through your firm - email, document management, client portals, file sharing - and how all of it compares to what your firm has already attested to.
2. Close the gaps. Encrypted email, multi-factor authentication, secure remote access for attorneys working from a courthouse or a home office, staff training, and monitoring that surfaces suspicious activity for review.
3. Document it. So that if anyone asks - a client, a carrier, a court - your firm can show what was in place, and when.
