No law firm in New York and beyond is completely safe from data security incidents, so it pays to be prepared for them at all times. On top of implementing measures that safeguard data and ensure business continuity, your firm can be ready for cyber incidents by investing in cybersecurity insurance.

Some of the most well-known companies in the world, including Sony Pictures, Home Depot, Adobe, and eBay, have been victims of cyberattacks. While major corporations like these are high-profile targets for hackers, small- and medium-sized businesses are not exempt from data breaches.

Jones Day, a US-based international law firm whose prominent clients included Donald Trump, was hacked in February 2021, resulting in the theft of over 100 gigabytes of data. Meanwhile, in 2020, New York-based law firm, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, was hacked in what became one of that year’s biggest cyberattacks.

Healthcare providers have recently been a major target for email scams. Between December 2020 and February 2021 alone, the number of phishing attacks targeting pharmacies and hospitals increased by a staggering 189%. Unfortunately, conventional phishing attacks aren’t your only cause for worry — your dental clinic could be at risk of falling victim to a business email compromise (BEC) scam too.

Cybercriminals are getting more creative in infecting computers with malware, and users must step up in order to protect their devices. To stay one step ahead of cybercriminals, you should learn more about their more insidious tricks such as watering hole attacks.

You’ve probably heard it said that not all hackers are dangerous. That’s true, of course. For instance, white hat hackers hack into a system to uncover vulnerabilities and boost its protection against cyberthreats. However, we won’t be talking about white hat hackers in this blog.

Popular social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been suffering massive data breaches for a number of years now. If you wish to continue using these services, you need to tighten your social media privacy settings. Here are a few reminders and tips to help you secure your personal information on social media.

How much do you trust your employees when it comes to keeping your data safe? While you might trust them to some degree, you may have doubts about how well they adhere to cybersecurity best practices.

And you would be right — insider attacks are one of the biggest threats to business cybersecurity today.

Many small businesses today are at risk of losing their data and getting their systems taken over because of cyberattacks. In fact, according to the Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, almost a third of data breaches in 2020 involved small organizations.

While implementing cybersecurity solutions such as anti-malware programs and firewalls is crucial in mitigating the risk of attacks, it’s also important that these controls are regularly checked and tested. This way, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in network security can be uncovered and remedied before these could be exploited.