Cyber Security: Protecting Your Law Firm

Published: Aug. 20, 2014, 4:30 p.m.

Description:\n\nFBI Director Robert Mueller has said it best, when it comes to cyber-attacks \u201cThere are only two types of companies in the US; those that have been hacked and those that will be hacked.\u201d\xa0 The victims of cyber- crime come in all shapes and sizes, not just the big companies like Target. The US National Cyber Security Alliance found that 60% of small companies shut down within six months of a cyber-crime attack.\xa0 There are ways to limit the severity of cyber-attacks that partners, attorneys and employees of law firms must know.\xa0 Listen to this podcast and learn what you can do to protect your firm from cyber breaches.\n\n\xa0\n\nAbout Charles Bernier\n\nCharlie Bernier, Esquire, is principal professional liability consultant and in-house counsel at ECBM Insurance Brokers and Consultants. Bernier began his law career practicing insurance defense at one of the oldest law firms in the country. He then worked at one of the largest professional liability wholesalers in the country and in 2013 joined ECBM.