Kill the Dinosaurs, and Other Tips for Achieving Technical Competence

kill the dinosaurs, and other tips for

achieving technical competence in your

law practice2015 JOLT SymposiumAntigone Peyton, Esq.

Founder & CEO, Cloudigy Law PLLC

#JOLTdinosTwitter: @AntigonePeyton

Dinosaur Thoughts…• Fax & Email are Secure• Public WiFi is Great!• Paper & Electronic

Worlds, All the Same

• Merging Personal & Firm Data, No Big Deal

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extinction Milestones:• 2004 Zubulake Case; 2010

Pension Committee Case• Update: ABA Model Rule 1.1

Competence• Edward Snowden• NSA Snooping on Law Firm

Communications?• Ethics Updates on Cloud

Computing

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What Can We Do to Change Them?

• Changes to Business Model, New Best Practices

• CLE Includes Tech Competence • Clients Demand Competent Counsel• Security Audits• Next hire—CIO/CTO?

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Protecting Sensitive Data• Review Service & Product Providers’ TOS

and Privacy Policies • What’s on the Office Copier Hard Drive?• Networking Devices• Security on Mobile Devices and BYOD

Issues• Detecting Viruses, Malware, and

Spyware5

Protecting Sensitive Data• VPN, No “Public Wi-Fi”• Encrypting Internet & Cell

Communications on Mobile Devices• Only Authenticated Devices on Firm

Network• System is Only as Safe as the Weakest

Link

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Weak Links are Everywhere

• Human Factors Create Weakest Links!

• Passwords• Unsecured,

Unattended Computers & Devices

Cybersecurity Insurance & Audits

• Do You Need It?• What Does

Insurance Cover?• Who’s Reading My

Communications?• System Monitoring

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It’s Not the Cloud, It’s you• Online System

Redundancy• Off-Site Disaster

Recovery Backup• Adequate Physical

& Virtual Protection• Location of Data

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Document Management• Centralized Data Storage

• Encrypted Communication w/in System, Encryption at Rest

• Access History Logging• Passwords Not Stored w/ Data or Employee

Accessible• Data Center Security & Remote Data

Redundancy• Meeting HIPAA, Privacy, EAR, ITAR, etc.

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The Future is Now, Change How You Think

• Tagged Client Files for Tracking & DMCA

• Secure Your WiFi Network

• Regular Technology Education Sessions

Questions?

antigone.peyton@cloudigylaw.comTwitter: @antigonepeyton

@cloudigylawLinkedIn: http://cl.oud.im/1yEm2XeInternet: HTTP://cloudigylaw.com

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