What are law firms doing to protect their clients’ sensitive information? What are clients doing to determine whether their outside counsel are using reasonable security measures to protect their sensitive information (confidential communication, customer data, financial information, protected health information, intellectual property, etc.)? According to the data forensic firm Mandiant, at least 80 major law… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to All Things E RSS FeedWhat Does A Cyber Attack Look Like?
Posted in All Things E, Data Breach, Data SecurityThe phrase “cyber attack” elicits thoughts of a compromised information system, a crashed computer network, or inappropriate access to sensitive electronic information. It doesn’t usually conjure up images of machinery setting on fire, and smoke emerging from a factory. Nevertheless, here is a video of an experimental cyber attack named Aurora, which took place on… Continue Reading
Busy Day for Cybersecurity in D.C.
Posted in All Things E, Data SecurityI’m a big fan of Bloomberg West. Perhaps more so than almost any other television news program, it does a terrific job of providing both depth and breadth on issues that are important to the technology industry. Tonight’s report by Megan Hughes about breaking developments on the cybersecurity front today was no exception. Watch it here:… Continue Reading
Where Can You Be Sued For Using A Computer?
Posted in All Things E, Jurisdiction, LawsuitsIt is sometimes easy to forget with the increasing mobility of electronic information and our ability to “work from anywhere” that behind our office laptop, desktop, or tablet computing device is a network of servers that may be located anywhere in the world. When we hit “send”, “save”, or “open”, we use the network to… Continue Reading
Who’s The New Silicon Valley of the East Coast?
Posted in All Things EMaybe it’s because I’m in New York City for a few days this week, but this article in the Wall Street Journal and this one in the New York Times caught my eye. New York City has surpassed Boston as the #1 tech sector for Internet and mobile technologies on the east coast. The story… Continue Reading
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