In my 20-year legal IT career, I have witnessed a common cultural trait across most law firms; embracing technological change is difficult. However, with the current pandemic, firms have been forced to reconsider how they operate at almost every level. One area of technology that the most successful firms have adopted is moving their core line of business applications to the cloud.

Today, what we're going to be talking about is Zoom. Odds are, you've been on Zoom lately. Zoom's own reporting numbers say that in December of 2019, they had 10 million users. As of last month, they had 200 million users. While there's been a number of security concerns around Zoom, I do have to applaud them that they've done an excellent job identifying those issues and shoring them up as quickly as possible. What I want to do today is I want to show you how to schedule a secure Zoom meeting and do the best you can at protecting yourself from Zoombombing, from inadvertently sharing information, that sort of thing. Let's get started

We are seeing an increase in all sorts of cyber-attacks, with many referencing COVID-19 in some way, shape, or form. Some examples that have been seen are: Malicious links masquerading as infection spread maps, fake newsletters from large companies, and fake infection screening information or links supposedly for screening information.

With information about Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact to our daily lives changing so rapidly, we wanted to take this opportunity to communicate Element’s current approach to the continuity of our services, our Business Continuity Plan, and other related information as it pertains to this situation.

The purpose of this communication is to outline Element’s readiness and ability to support our clients thereby alleviating any level of concern you may have.

While it might seem like a losing battle, a few steps can greatly improve your security posture and potentially deflect incoming risks elsewhere. While nothing is guaranteed, by implementing these initiatives, you can greatly improve your defense.

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What’s your plan? New ethics opinion requires lawyers to take steps to protect client data from cyber threats.

Hackers have increasingly targeted lawyers and law firms for the treasure trove of confidential information in their possession, including trade secrets, pending business deals, financial information, and personal data. These attacks have resulted in numerous data breaches compromising confidential client information at firms of all sizes in recent years.

One of the many important roles of a lawyer is to mitigate risk to his or her clients. Each day, we learn more about the ever-changing landscape of cyber threats that pose a risk for lawyers serving their clients. In today’s world, it is not really a question of “if” your law firm will be the target of a cybersecurity breach, but a question of “when”. There are even websites that exist which identify specific law firms as targets because they are known to be vulnerable and penetrable to those who wish to exploit them.

September 19, 2018 - Minneapolis - Element Technologies, LLC is pleased to announce they have combined companies with ADV. As market leaders in their respective industries, this combination provides clients with a seamless experience around information technology, information management, and cybersecurity. Both ADV and Element have worked together on numerous projects which has helped make the combination of these companies a reality.