Information security for law firms
In a law firm the information is the work itself. A leaked client file is not merely an operational problem: it is a breach of attorney–client privilege, which is a professional duty and not only a technical requirement. Security in a firm is therefore measured first by the ability to show that information was protected, not only by whether the systems stayed up.
What is at stake
- Client files and transaction documents
- Partner and fee-earner mailboxes
- Trust accounts and transfer instructions
- Case management systems and document servers
The incidents that matter here
- Mailbox takeover redirecting trust funds mid-transaction (Business Email Compromise)
- Ransomware on the document server, which halts the firm rather than merely encrypting files
- Targeted phishing at a named fee-earner, timed to a transaction already in the open
- Third-party access through an outside supplier or case management platform
Obligations that shape the work
Lawyers are bound by a professional duty of confidentiality to their clients, and at the same time by Israeli privacy law and its Amendment 13, which tightened information-security and breach-reporting duties. In practice this means an incident at a firm requires not only technical handling but a record that can be produced — what was exposed, to whom, and when.
This is general information, not legal or regulatory advice. The obligations that apply to a particular organisation depend on its activity and its regulator.
How we approach it
- Monitoring focused on identities and mailboxes, where almost every incident in this sector begins
- Incident response that preserves evidence from the first minute, so what was exposed can be stated with certainty
- A risk assessment that maps where client files actually live and who reaches them
- Training built around payment-diversion fraud rather than generic awareness content
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