We saw law firm after law firm breached in the pandemic. There are many lessons to be learned in 2022 and beyond. We can and must do better to protect confidential data and to become competent with technology as demanded of lawyers by Rules 1.1 and 1.6.  

Here is a partial list of current hot cybersecurity topics.

• The new rules for making the work-from-home environment secure
• Defending against and recovering from ransomware
• Why VPNs will be replaced by Zero Trust Architecture
• How law firms will move away from passwords
• Automating updates and patches securely
• Encryption and multi-factor authentication
• How to fulfill the ethical duty to monitor for a data breach
• Creating an Incident Response Plan