2025 Cybersecurity best practices for solo practitioners and small/medium law firms

Solo and small law practices are in some ways at higher risk of suffering a catastrophic cybersecurity incident. With limited budgets and an assumption that “my IT vendor handles it,” they’re usually easy prey. Whether it’s ABA Ethical Rules, privacy laws or contractual obligations to your clients, there are consequences for relying on “IT will handle it.”  Learn what minimum precautions you need to take to protect your license, livelihood and client information.

Focus points:

• Industry problems: Why law firms are a target.
• Law firm breaches.
• Solos/SMB are not exempt.
• IT is not the same as cybersecurity.
• Statistics.
• Why it matters.
• What you need to do as minimum.

Speaker: Talar H. Coursey, VP ComplyAuto Esquire, Salt Lake City, UT

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