Information Security For Lawyers And Law Firms

The book provides sound advice and offers valuable guidelines and assistance to bridge the worlds of law and technology on important information security issues that face the legal professional every day. This essential guide discusses the ethical duties of lawyers relating to securing their electronic information. If you are a small firm it will advise you on how you can have reliable security. If you are a large firm it will help you to decide what information security duties can be delegated. Other topics include, worms, Trojans, spyware, malware, spiders, key loggers and their implications, and whether or not it is safe to use wireless technology for the delivery of legal services.

This second edition of Locked Down explains the wide variety of information security risks facing law firms and how lawyers can best protect their data from these threats--with any budget.

"Third edition of the Cybersecurity Handbook covers threats associated with cybercrime, cyber espionage, and cyber warfare, etc."--

As jurisdictions increasingly pass new cybersecurity and privacy laws, it is crucial that attorneys secure a working knowledge of information technology to effectively advise organizations that collect and process data. This essential book—now extensively updated to reflect the dramatic legal changes that have taken place in the few short years since its first edition—remains the preeminent in-depth survey and analysis of privacy and cybersecurity laws worldwide. It also provides a deeply informed guide on how to apply legal requirements to protect an organization’s interests and anticipate future compliance developments. With detailed attention to relevant supranational, regional, and national privacy and data protection laws and frameworks, the author describes and analyzes the legal strategies and responsibilities attached to the following and more: prompt, secure ways to identify threats, manage vulnerabilities, and respond to “incidents” and data breaches; most common types of cyberattacks used today; transparency and consent; rights of revocation, erasure, and correction; de-identification and anonymization procedures; data localization; cross-jurisdictional data transfer; contract negotiation; encryption, de-identification, anonymization, and pseudonymization; and Artificial Intelligence as an emerging technology that will require more dynamic and challenging conversations. Balancing legal knowledge with technical awareness and business acumen, this book is an indispensable resource for attorneys who must provide advice on strategic implementations of new technologies, advise on the impact of certain laws on the enterprise, interpret complex cybersecurity and privacy contractual language, and participate in incident response and data breach activities. It will also be of value to other practitioners, such as security personnel and compliance professionals, who will benefit from a broad perspective exploring privacy and data protection laws and their connection with security technologies and broader organizational compliance objectives.

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Law firms often represent clients on matters involving extremely sensitive, highly proprietary material. Because law firms may be perceived by cyber criminals to have weaker information security protocols than their clients, they are the more desirable targets for cybersecurity attacks. This third monograph in ARMA's Information Governance in the Legal Environment series provides an introduction to topics that U.S. law firm records and information governance (IG) professionals must be familiar with in order to establish IG programs that effectively protect confidential and private information, including: - Definitions of the terms information "confidentiality," "privacy," and "security"- Discussion of the types of law firm information that are protected by privacy and security laws and regulations- Discussion about the increasing pressures in the legal industry (e.g., ethical duties, federal and state regulations) to implement comprehensive information security programs- Specific risks in the law firm environment that increase the likelihood of a data breach- Solutions law firms can implement to protect their information assets (e.g., infrastructure, policies, processes, technologies)This publication also includes eight information security policy exemplars that can be adapted by legal firms, including policies for BYOD, social media and networking, acquisition and release of client information, and acceptable use of technology

Understanding Developments in Cyberspace Law provides an authoritative, insiders perspective on the legal environment surrounding the Internet today. Featuring partners from some of the nations leading law firms, these experts guide the reader through key legal issues, including privacy, information security, and data preservation. These top lawyers discuss the rise of social media, the legal developments concerning domain names, and the challenge of handling cases that cross state or international borders. From new trends in copyright protection to the ramifications of the Stored Communications Act, these attorneys analyze the latest legal developments concerning information technology today. Additionally, the authors reveal their thoughts on potential future changes, such as the influence of cloud computing, and speculate on how cyberspace law may change in the years to come. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating this rapidly-changing area of law.

CYBER SECURITY LAWCyber security is an increasingly important domain today. Countries across the world are concerned about breaches of cyber security which could prejudicially impact their sovereignty and their national security. Consequently, cyber security law as a discipline has emerged. This Book will aim to look at what exactly is this emerging discipline of cyber security law. How the said discipline has been defined? What is the significance of cyber security and connected legal, policy and regulatory issues? How significant is this new discipline of cyber security law likely to be in the coming times? This Book has been written in the simple layman language to analyze complicated technical issues connected with legalities concerning breaches of computer networks and computer systems. This Book is authored by Pavan Duggal (http://www.pavanduggal.com), Asia's and India's foremost expert on Cyberlaw and Mobile Law, who has been acknowledged as one of the top four cyber lawyers of the world. This Book's Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law. © Pavan Duggal, 2015