Cyber Security Articles, Tips & Latest News

The legal sector is classed as a “high-risk” industry, and therefore, law firms sit squarely in the crosshairs of cyber criminals, known as “Threat Actors” by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC); a 2024 study by Chartered Accountants Lubbock Fine shows that successful cyber attacks against UK law Firms rose by 77% from 538 to 954 in just 12 months.

Law firms stand as custodians of some of society's most sensitive information, entrusted with safeguarding client confidentiality, proprietary data, and legal strategies. However, as the reliance on digital technologies grows, so does the threat landscape surrounding these institutions. 

Compliance with PECR (the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations of 2003) requires that Cookies on websites are deployed appropriately.

The SRA Code 2019 for legal practices, paragraph 2.1a, requires for practices to comply not only with SRA regulation, but also other regulation and legislation which apply to them.

By chance, I was contacted yesterday with a query about the use of apps (like WhatsApp) and ‘basic’ text messaging as a form of general communication between clients and service providers. I had intended to produce an article on this very subject in any case, but yesterdays’ enquiry accelerated the process!