Our law firm security risk assessment evaluates your entire technology environment against the cybersecurity threats that specifically target legal practices. We examine your document management systems, email security, client portals, case management platforms, cloud storage, mobile device security, remote access infrastructure, and physical security controls. The assessment is calibrated to the ABA's "reasonable efforts" standard and addresses the specific data protection requirements of your practice areas.

We interview attorneys and staff to understand how confidential information flows through your firm, identify where privilege protection gaps exist, evaluate your current security controls against industry frameworks, and test your defenses with targeted assessments. The result is a prioritized remediation roadmap that balances security improvements against budget constraints and operational impact.

The assessment deliverable is designed to serve multiple purposes: a strategic roadmap for your firm's cybersecurity program, documentation of reasonable efforts for ABA ethics compliance, evidence of security due diligence for cyber insurance applications, and a response document for clients conducting vendor security assessments on your firm.

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is the number one cybersecurity threat to law firms. Criminals impersonate attorneys, partners, or clients in email messages that redirect wire transfers, request sensitive documents, or deliver malware. The FBI's Internet Crime Report shows BEC losses exceeding $2.9 billion annually, and law firms handling real estate closings, corporate transactions, and trust disbursements are prime targets.

We implement multi-layered email security that includes advanced threat protection filtering, email encryption for privileged communications, SPF/DKIM/DMARC authentication to prevent domain spoofing, data loss prevention rules that flag emails containing client identifiers or privileged content being sent to unauthorized recipients, and automated phishing detection that catches BEC attempts before they reach attorney inboxes.

For firms handling significant financial transactions, we implement additional verification procedures including callback verification for wire transfer instructions, dual authorization requirements, and secure communication channels for financial details. These controls have prevented millions of dollars in BEC losses for our legal clients.

Our digital forensics practice serves dual purposes for law firms. First, when your firm experiences a security incident, our Licensed Digital Forensic Examiner investigates the breach, determines what data was accessed or exfiltrated, preserves evidence for potential litigation, and provides expert testimony if needed. Second, we support your clients' litigation matters by providing forensic investigation, evidence collection, and expert witness services.

Our forensic capabilities include computer and mobile device forensics, email analysis, internet activity reconstruction, data recovery from damaged or wiped systems, metadata analysis, timeline reconstruction, and chain of custody documentation that meets Federal Rules of Evidence standards. We use industry-standard forensic tools and follow methodologies accepted by courts nationwide.

For e-discovery, we assist with litigation hold implementation, electronically stored information (ESI) identification and collection, data processing and review preparation, production formatting, and forensic validation of opposing party productions. Our team understands both the technical and legal aspects of electronic discovery, making us effective partners for litigation support teams.

Ransomware attacks on law firms are devastating because they create a double threat: encrypted files that halt firm operations and the threat of publishing privileged client data on the dark web. Modern ransomware groups specifically target law firms because they know the data is sensitive enough that firms may pay to prevent publication, and the operational disruption of missing court deadlines and filing dates creates extreme urgency.

Our ransomware protection strategy includes advanced endpoint detection and response (EDR) that identifies ransomware behavior before files are encrypted, immutable backup systems that cannot be compromised even if your network is breached, network segmentation that limits ransomware spread, privilege management that prevents ransomware from gaining administrative access, and 24/7 monitoring that detects and responds to ransomware deployment attempts in real time.

If ransomware does strike, our incident response team provides immediate containment, determines the scope of compromise, identifies whether client data was exfiltrated, restores operations from clean backups, and guides you through the legal and ethical notification requirements specific to law firm breaches. We have recovered law firms from ransomware attacks with zero data loss and minimal operational downtime.

Ethical walls and matter-based access controls are essential for law firms, especially those handling matters where conflicts of interest could arise. We implement granular access controls in your document management system, email, and file storage that ensure attorneys and staff can only access matters they are authorized to work on. These controls create the digital equivalent of ethical walls that prevent inadvertent or intentional access to conflicted matters.

Our data protection framework for law firms includes encryption at rest and in transit for all client data, document classification and labeling systems, data loss prevention (DLP) rules that prevent client information from being emailed, uploaded, or printed without authorization, USB and removable media controls, secure client portals for document sharing, and audit logging that creates a forensic record of who accessed what data and when.

For firms handling particularly sensitive matters such as government investigations, trade secret litigation, or high-profile divorce cases, we implement enhanced security zones with additional access restrictions, monitoring, and logging that provide an elevated level of protection for your most sensitive client engagements.

Human error remains the leading cause of law firm data breaches. Attorneys, paralegals, and administrative staff who click phishing links, fall for business email compromise scams, use weak passwords, or mishandle client data create the vulnerabilities that attackers exploit. ABA Model Rule 5.1 requires supervising attorneys to make reasonable efforts to ensure the firm has measures giving reasonable assurance that subordinate lawyers and staff comply with ethical obligations, including data protection.

Our law-firm-specific security awareness training program educates your entire team on the threats targeting legal practices, with scenario-based training that uses realistic examples from the legal industry. Training modules cover phishing recognition, BEC detection, privileged communication handling, secure document sharing, mobile device security, social engineering tactics targeting legal professionals, and the ethical obligations of all firm personnel regarding client confidentiality.

Monthly phishing simulations test staff awareness with realistic scenarios designed for legal environments, such as fake opposing counsel emails, fraudulent court notices, and spoofed client communications. Training completion and phishing simulation results are tracked and reported so managing partners can demonstrate the firm's commitment to security awareness for ABA ethics compliance, cyber insurance applications, and client security audits.

Our penetration testing for law firms goes beyond standard IT security testing. We simulate the specific attack scenarios that target legal practices: business email compromise attempts, client impersonation, wire transfer fraud, document exfiltration from case management systems, lateral movement from compromised workstations to privileged document repositories, and social engineering of administrative staff.

Testing covers your external perimeter, internal network, web applications, email security, wireless networks, and physical security. We test your document management system access controls, VPN security, remote access infrastructure, and cloud services. For firms using practice management platforms like Clio, NetDocuments, iManage, or Relativity, we assess the security configuration and access controls of those specific platforms.

Results are delivered in a report designed for both technical staff and managing partners. Each finding includes the business risk to the firm and its clients, the potential ethical implications, and prioritized remediation steps. Many of our law firm clients use our pen test reports to satisfy cyber insurance requirements and respond to client security questionnaires.

Most law firms cannot justify hiring a full-time Chief Information Security Officer, but every firm needs strategic cybersecurity leadership. Our virtual CISO service provides your firm with executive-level security leadership at a fraction of the cost. Your vCISO develops and manages your security strategy, oversees technology risk management, ensures ABA ethics compliance, responds to client security audits, manages vendor security assessments, and provides cybersecurity guidance to your management committee.

Your vCISO serves as the bridge between your firm's legal leadership and its technology infrastructure. We translate cybersecurity risk into business and legal risk terms that partners understand, provide regular security posture reports to firm management, and ensure that cybersecurity investments are aligned with the firm's risk tolerance, practice areas, and growth strategy.

For firms responding to increasing client demands for security assurance, your vCISO handles client security questionnaires, vendor assessments, and outside counsel guideline compliance. Having a named CISO, even a virtual one, demonstrates to clients and insurers that your firm takes cybersecurity seriously at the executive level.