It is easy for domain credentials to get into the hands of criminals. With one successful phishing hack, all of the confidential content that the victim has access to—their inbox, the firm’s document management system, network file shares, and so on—can become compromised. Legal and financial services professionals are especially vulnerable; as research shows the chances of these firms being targeted by cybercriminals is upwards of 95 percent. Even with excellent perimeter security in place, it is highly likely that your firm has already been compromised. Whether by malicious actors outside the organization or within, the bottom line is your clients’ private information is constantly at risk of being exposed.
To limit losses as much as possible, it’s important for law firms to change their mindset from one of prevention to one of containment because no security system is perfect. Only by being prepared ahead of time and having the right operational standards in place, can you and your clients be confident that when a hacker does get in, they’ll find very little and they’ll be identified quickly. By following these six steps, you can achieve a level of preparedness necessary for minimizing damage from a data breach.
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