Practical steps to cyber security for law firms

Last updated: January 22, 2024 Reading time: 5 minutes
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Practical Steps To Cyber Security

According to a report by the FBI, an average of 4000 ransomware attacks were recorded daily in 2016. On doing an in-depth analysis, it was found that businesses have become more prone to ransomware attacks. 2016 from January to September, ransomware attacks on businesses increased from every two minutes to every 40 seconds, as revealed by Kaspersky.

Over the last year, cyber security increased as cyber-attacks started to surface in the global village with more refinement. However, a high volume of cyber attacks was reported last month. The extent was recorded to have increased by 400% hardly four days after the WannaCry ransomware attack.

A wide range of strategies is introduced to lessen the vulnerabilities and risks of data loss a law firm might eventually suffer from. The strategies that include anti-malware, anti-virus, data backup, data encryption, scanning agents, DDoS, and regular security patching should be considered a combination.

The liability of getting hit by a cyberattack is increased if there is a poorly maintained legal system or any ‘weak link’ insecure networks and operating systems.

Recently, the WannaCry attack that affected around 100 countries worldwide could have been avoided by installing a security patch. An attack leaves the business firm with varied outcomes, ultimately posing numerous potential risks to the business.