The practice of law is not easy and while technology has made the legal life easier on some levels, putting aside the unknown world of artificial intelligence, the risks to lawyers and their clients from cyberattacks and scams have increased. Because lawyers are frequent targets, they must be educated about the risks and educated on how to lower their exposure.

Lawyers must protect their clients' confidential information to protect the attorney-client privilege. Law firms are at risk of cyberattacks because more law firms rely on web-based applications and the cloud without sufficient procedures for incidents and a lack of personnel committed to implementing cybersecurity. Adherence to clients' compliance standards must be maintained while maintaining an effective defense against cyber-attacks. Small firms and national law firms alike have been the victims of attacks across the country. The attack itself is a violation of the firm's integrity while causing reputational and financial damage and can also lead to legal consequences, such as class-actions suits against the firms when clients' data are exposed.