Four Tips For Strengthening Cyber Security

The past several years have seen headline after headline about massive data breaches at hospitals, financial institutions and major retailers. However, law firms are hardly immune. And, it is not just the big firms that are at risk — law firms of all sizes have sensitive information that make them vulnerable.

With security now ranking as yet another factor potential clients consider when selecting or remaining with a legal service provider, you cannot afford to cross your fingers and hope for the best. The following are just some of the steps your firm can take to reduce the risk of devastating breaches.

1. Encryption
   Encryption is best understood as a program that scrambles files to leave them unreadable to anyone who cannot provide a unique "key" to open them. At the very least, your firm should routinely encrypt information stored on servers, desktops, laptops, portable media and mobile devices.