Technology And Security For Lawyers And Other Professionals

Technology proficiency is now a necessity for most professionals. In this very practical book, W. Kuan Hon presents a comprehensive foundational guide to technology and cybersecurity for lawyers and other non-technologists seeking a solid grounding in key tech topics. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, elucidating the high-level basics then going a step beyond, Hon clearly explains core technical computing subjects: hardware/software, computing models/APIs, data storage/databases, programming, networking including Internet/web, email and mobile, and AI/machine learning including LLMs, detailing cybersecurity essentials and flagging various security/privacy-related issues throughout.

Technology proficiency is now a necessity for most professionals. In this very practical book, W. Kuan Hon presents a comprehensive foundational guide to technology and cybersecurity for lawyers and other non-technologists seeking a solid grounding in key tech topics. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach that elucidates the high-level basics then goes a step beyond, Hon clearly explains core technical computing subjects: hardware/software, computing models/APIs, data storage/databases, programming, networking including Internet/web, email and mobile, and artificial intelligence/machine learning including LLMs, detailing cybersecurity essentials like encryption/hashing, public key infrastructure, digital signatures and PETs and flagging various security/privacy-related aspects throughout. Concrete examples help to consolidate understanding and illustrate the practical issues. Key Features: Direct, engaging writing style Concise, accessible explanations of key computing-related concepts Highlights fines/legal action regarding specific security/tech-related issues Companion PDF contains several 'try-it-yourself' illustrations and further information Provides an excellent framework for interpreting and applying laws/regulations on technology/communications, privacy/data protection, security and/or AI/ML This book is an indispensable learning and reference work for professionals practising in technology/communications, privacy/security and/or data laws and compliance, offering an in-depth grounding in technology fundamentals and key practical issues. Analysts/consultants, compliance managers, policymakers/lawmakers and regulators/judges will also benefit from this book.

This timely book tells the story of the smart technologies that reconstruct our world, by provoking their most salient functionality: the prediction and preemption of our day-to-day activities, preferences, health and credit risks, criminal intent and

Many lawyers lack the time to learn about technology in legal practice. But those same lawyers must make professional decisions about technology right now. Those decisions must be sensible, reasonable, and defensible.The idea for the book started several years ago when a crop of new lawyers (and some not so new) began asking me: Is it ethical to use email? smartphones? iPads? Dropbox? Evernote? iCloud? Facebook?Over many sandwiches and lots of coffee, I asked my colleagues to imagine explaining why their use of technology caused their client harm. Then I asked them to imagine an angry client testifying against them at a disciplinary tribunal or court. What are you going to say? What evidence are you going to tender? Sensible, reasonable, and defensible decisions must withstand a trial.Patterns appeared from those discussions, other conversations with several dozen colleagues around the world interested in technology, and talks with computer scientists who worked with judges and lawyers every day. I started writing all this down, taught it, tested it, published it, listened to feedback, refined it--and, several years later, we now have a book.Written by a busy lawyer for other busy lawyers, I hope I have made a practical guide to using--and overseeing others using--technology in legal practice.The book's step-by-step guides have been used successfully by hundreds of lawyers and dozens of judges in Australia and the United States who know little or nothing about technology.The book makes life easier in several ways:1. You can read the quick-start guide--in just a single hour of your time--to address the most common and easiest-to-fix ethical pitfalls2. You can read the entire book from cover to cover in only a few hours3. I have used language understood by both lawyers and the computer scientists who give them IT support, making it easy to explain what you want to be done by handing over a little book while saying "Read this," and4. My focus on 7 discrete topics--the pillars of digital security--creates a method for lawyers and computer scientists to work together effectively.Every lawyer has a unique way of working, refined and polished over years. It is essential that be left undisturbed. The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be: the slaves, instead of the masters.The book is available in 2 formats, traditional paperback and new eBook, whose contents are slightly different. Sometimes it's better and quicker to show pictures than explaining in words. And sometimes it's better and quicker to show moving pictures than static diagrams. The eBook version makes it easy to see with your own eyes what I am talking about because the eBook version has embedded hyperlinks which allow you to press your finger on an underlined word or phrase and immediately see motion pictures. The paperback lets you see all this too, but instead of pressing a finger on the page you need to type the reference into an Internet browser.The author has over 20 years of litigation experience investigating, prosecuting, and defending other lawyers charged with ethical violations, malpractice, and professional negligence. He has held senior positions in bar associations while exercising responsibility for enforcement of professional regulations and continuing legal education. In addition to his private practice, he has extensively taught lawyers and judges about technology in legal practice. This book distils the author's unique experience of the classroom, the boardroom room, and the courtroom.

The high-technology crime investigator's profession is one of the fastest growing professions in the world today, as information security issues and crimes related to them are growing in number and magnitude at an ever-increasing pace. High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook, Second Edition, informs professionals of the potential risks of computer crimes, and serves as a guide to establishing and managing a high-technology crime investigative program. Each chapter is updated with the latest information and guidance, including added coverage of computer forensics and additional metrics to measure organizational performance. In addition, nine new chapters cover emerging trends in the field, and offer invaluable guidance on becoming a successful high-technology crime investigator. * Provides an understanding of the global information environment and its threats * Explains how to establish a high-technology crime investigations unit and prevention program * Presents material in an engaging, easy-to-follow manner that will appeal to investigators, law enforcement professionals, corporate security and information systems security professionals; as well as corporate and government managers

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.

Arbitration is facing revolutionary changes due to new technologies’ irruption into the entire arbitration proceeding. Wide-ranging technical-legal concepts such as e-discovery, e-hearing, cyber-security protocol, e-deliberations, algorithmic decision-making and digital signing have become part of life. Technology’s impact on arbitration is unlikely to decrease after the COVID crisis; on the contrary, how the arbitration community positions itself vis-à-vis technology will be a key factor in determining arbitration’s future. Faced with this challenging scenario, the book discusses a novel legal topic: arbitrators’ relationship with this increasingly ubiquitous, rapidly-changing technology. This innovative book applies journalism’s “5 W questions” to the underexplored issue of arbitrators’ digital competence. It reaches a workable definition of what digital competence in the current arbitration context is, also providing answers to the essential question of why arbitrators’ digital competence is relevant from legal and financial points of view. Attention then shifts to who, with reflections on arbitrators working in a highly technological context and clarification of their relationship with other legal and non-legal actors. The book equally offers an in-depth comparative study of the question of where arbitrators’ technological competence is regulated, with critical analysis of soft and hard law provisions that may impose a digital competence duty. Finally, the book specifies when arbitrators need to be digitally competent and develops legal proposals regarding key procedural stages (initial conference, hearings) and legal topics (cybersecurity, data protection). The first study to scrutinise the rapidly changing relationship between arbitrators and technology, the book aims to spark a crucial debate among practitioners and scholars. Academically rigorous and using the latest legal material, it emphasises arbitrators’ needs, rights and duties in our technological age, presenting them alongside carefully selected practical topics. The unprecedented and well-grounded proposals for arbitrators’ digital competence are intended to be a call to action for its broad target audience.