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Cybersecurity for law firms seminar coming Oct. 28
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Published: September 12, 2014
Cleveland-area legal technology consulting firm Accellis Technology Group will present a panel discussion on cyber security issues at the City Club of Cleveland on Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, 2014.
The event is co-sponsored by cyber security firm Barracuda Networks, which will supply one of the panelists.
Accellis (http://accellis.com), located in Valley View, was founded in 2001 by company president Joseph Marquette, who will moderate the panel. The company only serves lawyers and law firms. Now employing 15 full time and several part-time people, Accellis provides managed IT services, security and compliance consulting, legal application consulting, and system integration and development.
While cyber security issues have been more to the forefront in the thinking of law firms, Accellis spokesperson Abbie Hosta said that, “the vast majority of small to mid-sized firms still do not fully understand the risks and implications of failing to adequately protect their rich repositories of personal information, corporate secrets, business strategies and intellectual property.”
This seminar is in keeping with a general uptick in law firms’ awareness of the problems of data breaches and cyber security altogether, said Hosta, who noted that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had organized meetings with top law firms in the U.S. to highlight the computer security threats and the very real risk of cybercrimes against their firms.
The panel discussion will emphasize cyber security issues for firms of any size, Hosta said, although smaller firms are historically underserved in the cyber security realms.
The seminar’s agenda will include discussions on understanding modern security threats, and how those threats have changed through the years; keys to protecting the system from external and internal threats, including discussions about encryption, cloud computing, email security, inventory and testing, passwording among other topics. Also to be discussed are mobile devices, user training and the law firms’ obligations should a data breach occur.
“This presentation,” said Hosta, “will provide a snapshot of the IT security threats facing law firms today, as well as the knowledge and tools you can use to prevent them.”
The event, which includes breakfast, will run from 8 to 10 a.m. The City Club of Cleveland is located at 850 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, https://www.cityclub.org.