Thursday, July 8, 2021
Law firms have recently become prime targets for cybercriminals seeking to steal, expose, sell, or otherwise extort confidential information. Both the digitalization of law firms’ sensitive documents and the increase in means available to perpetrate an online crime exacerbate these risks. Law firms encounter various cybersecurity risks from “insiders” personnel within the company and external persons.
As a response, many law firms have adopted cybersecurity obligations to protect its clients’ data and the firm’s integrity and reputation.
Main Cybersecurity Risks Facing Law Firms
Law firms naturally handle sensitive client data and confidential company information. The lack of strong internal controls and compliance programs leaves law firms open to cyber-attacks. These attacks can be committed by insiders within the firm as well as external actors. Some examples of cybersecurity risks for law firms include the following:
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Northwestern named Hari Osofsky the new dean of the Pritzker School of Law, according to a Tuesday news release.
Osofsky is the current dean of Penn State Law, where she is also a professor. Her term at NU will begin Aug. 1.
“I am extremely honored to be joining the Northwestern Pritzker Law community as its next dean,” Osofsky said in the release. “This Law School has long been a leader in innovation, interdisciplinarity and experiential education, and has been doing important work to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Osofsky succeeds former Pritzker Dean Kimberly Yuracko, who left the position at the end of July 2020 to join the Office of the Provost. Since then, Pritzker Prof. James Speta has served as interim dean.