[Fredslist] ATTN: Gotham Attorneys-- CLE May 9th on Long Island-Data/Cyber Security for Lawyers

Fri Apr 8 10:29:33 EDT 2016

Dear Gotham Attorneys:

Upcoming presentation by fellow Gothamites Raj Goel and Bruce Swicker!!

Please consider joining me for a critically relevant workshop on Data Security, May 9th at the Four Points Sheraton in Plainview.  As you might have read in last week's New York Law Journal, the challenging problem of securing law firm and client information is growing.  No matter what size your law firm is, the potential of this issue can face you.  Our two CLE class is also discounted for paralegals and legal marketers, because it is that important!

Reports Disclose Law Firms Targeted by Hackers, New York Law Journal  April 1, 2016    While it's no secret that law firms are often targeted by cyber criminals seeking sensitive client information, it's rare for breaches to become public. But not this week. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that hackers had gained access to the computer networks of law firms working on.....Read article here: http://bit.ly/1qweYiL

Following is the website the link to register for the CLE, as well as the detailed class information. I look forward to seeing you there!

REGISTER HERE:  http://bit.ly/1pvQ4zf

DATA/CYBER SECURITY FOR LAWYERS: SAFEGUARDING YOUR CLIENTS' INFORMATION

AND PROTECTING YOUR FIRM

May 9, 2016, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 2 Law Practice Management Credits

LOCATION: Four Points by Sheraton, 333 South Service Road, Plainview NY 11803

Faculty:  Chair: Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard, Esq.  Managing Partner, Pegalis & Erickson, LLC ;Raj Goel, CISSP, Co-Founder & CTO, Brainlink International, Inc.;
Ryan C. Loughlin, Esq., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Bruce R. Swicker, Vice President, Lawyers Program, Frenkel & Company

I.     IDENTIFYING THE THREAT

A.   Electronically stored data

1.      Individual desktop, laptop or tablet computers

2.      Smartphones

3.      Onsite servers, offsite or "virtual" servers

4.      The Cloud

B.   Hard copy, paper-based data, stored onsite or offsite

C.   Data held outside of the firm's control

1.      Partners' & employees' personal devices; the "family computer"

2.      Use of Wi-Fi networks; secure and unsecure

3.      3rd-party vendors, including electronic discovery

II.    TYPES OF DATA HELD BY LAW FIRMS

A.   Attorney-client privilege; privileged documents and

email communications

B.   Case/litigation strategy, including settlement parameters

C.    Intellectual property

D.    Information about non-clients

1.      Adversaries

2.      Witnesses; expert and otherwise

3.      Employees

4.      General business data, including financials and banking information

III.         ETHICAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR LAW FIRMS

A.   Legal requirements, state-by-state

B.   Ethical obligation to safeguard data

1.  What is a reasonable standard of care?

2.   Is failure to protect data subject to disciplinary action?

3.   Is failure to protect data considered legal malpractice?

C.   Governmental inquiries and investigations

D.   Does your firm have a written information security

policy? When was it last reviewed?

IV.     SOURCES OF A DATA BREACH

A.   Offshore cyber-criminals; hackers - "The Boogeyman"

B.   Internal, inadvertent

C.   internal, malicious

D.   Lost devices; the smartphone in the back of that taxicab

E.    Wireless communications; coffee shop Wi-Fi

V.      AFTER A DATA BREACH; NOW WHAT?

A.   Reporting obligations; to whom and how quickly?

B.   Notifying the Courts; adversaries

C.   Reputational issues; crisis management

VI.    I.T. SYSTEMS AND POLICIES; AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION

A.   Why your current I.T. staff/consultants may not have

your back

B.   3rd- party security audits; "White Hats"

C.   Firewalls, anti-spam, anti-malware; who can keep

track of all of this?

D.   Data encryption; Pro's & Con's

E.    Passwords; the good, the bad & the ugly

F.    The Cloud; what is it, exactly?  Is it the answer to all of your concerns

VII.    INSURANCE ISSUES TO CONSIDER

A.   Coverage triggers and exclusions

B.   Coverage available under commercial general liability?

C.   What about professional liability?

D.   Coverage gaps and overlaps
E.    3rd-party coverage vs. 1st-party coverage

DATA/CYBER  #  97 -16

REGISTRATION

Member

$60

Non-Member

$100

New Lawyer*

$40

Paralegal**

$40

Gov't Employee

$40

Legal Marketers**

$40

Law Firm Administrators**

$40

Sincerely,

Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard<http://www.pegalisanderickson.com/>

Managing Partner

Pegalis and Erickson, LLC

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