Cybersecurity for Lawyers: Secure Yourself, Your Firm, and Clients

This course is essential for attorneys seeking to acquire crucial and practical knowledge regarding cybercrime prevention, cybersecurity, relevant laws, and professional responsibilities. By attending, participants will gain a solid understanding of foundational cybersecurity principles, learn effective strategies to safeguard their clients data and law firms, protect their clients from cybercrime, ensure compliance with professional responsibilities, and mitigate the risk of malpractice claims.

Cybercrime poses a significant threat to attorneys, law firms, and their clients alike. Establishing robust cybersecurity measures is imperative to proactively combat cyber threats while fulfilling the evolving legal and professional obligations.

This presentation caters to attorneys at all levels of expertise, regardless of their technical knowledge or skills. We cover a broad range of topics in a fast-paced manner, and we provide extensive supplementary materials to facilitate further research and learning.

Learning Objectives:

• Delineate cybersecurity principles, and then apply them to your firm
• Explore cybersecurity related laws and attorney professional requirements relating to cybersecurity and cybercrime
• Identify, recognize, and prevent the three top priority cybercrime threats
• Prepare for and prevent incidents; respond appropriately to incidents if they occur
• Protect yourself and your clients from cybercrime
• Reduce the risks of a cybercrime occurring; reduce potential liabilities
• Identify cybersecurity and data law requirements which apply to you and your clients

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Central Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mountain Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Pacific Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Alaska Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Friday, November 15, 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024