cloud security

security for attorneys
  • Michael Beumer

5 Security Tips for Lawyers Working Online
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As long as attorney work requires access to the sensitive personal records of end clients, law firms will always be a top target for hackers. SaaS software typically offers greater security and less maintenance than locally installed products. But, users share some basic responsibility for keeping client data secure. As an attorney, this is part…

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Attorney Ethics Cloud Computing
  • Michael Beumer

Does Legal Cloud Computing Create Ethical Issues for Attorneys?
Does Legal Cloud Computing Create Ethical Issues for Attorneys? 1000 667 Michael Beumer

As is often the case with new technologies, the concept of storing legal data in the cloud battled its share of skeptics before it gained wide acceptance from vendors and law firms alike. Let’s face it, the imagery it conjures up isn’t great (clouds seem pretty out in the open), and for the technophobic, there…

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Legal cloud security standards
  • Michael Beumer

Nextpoint Drafts Cloud Security Standards for Law Firms
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Nearly a decade after we moved our eDiscovery platform to Amazon Web Services, making it accessible from anywhere without expensive infrastructure, it’s become increasingly common for law firms to manage their clients’ data in the cloud. Yesterday, leaders from six legal cloud computing providers – known collectively as the Legal Cloud Computing Association – released…

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  • Rakesh Madhava

Data Security: 6 Important Takeaways From The Sony Hack
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The Sony Hack is big news and big news for lawyers. Besides the international political implications, celebrity backstabbing, studio politics and the involvement of a North Korean dictator, there are a number of legal angles already emerging with more to come. Of course, there’s lawsuits. Sony has brought in Boies Schiller & Flexner to assist…

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  • Nextpoint

Sensationalism and Cloud Computing
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By this point, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of sensationalist news about cloud computing. That’s to be expected, as cloud computing represents a huge technological shift and will continue to demand a lot of attention. Yesterday, the Washington Post published this gem of an article based on a power outage that impacted one of…

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