Legal Cyber Academy

10 Cybersecurity Practices to Adopt and Master

Taught by Daniel B. Garrie

CISO & CTOLevel: Beginner1h 6m

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Overview of 10 Cybersecurity Practices to Adopt and Master

Panelists demystify cybersecurity and define data breaches to explain why the topic demands attorneys' attention, then outline ten cybersecurity best practices law firms should adopt to secure client data. The session closes on the importance of prevention through proactive cyber risk assessments, acknowledging that breaches are inevitable but their damage can be mitigated.

What you’ll learn in 10 Cybersecurity Practices to Adopt and Master

  • Define cybersecurity and data breaches in the law firm context
  • Implement ten cybersecurity best practices to secure client data
  • Recognize the ethical obligation to protect client information
  • Prioritize prevention through cyber risk assessments

Audience and prerequisites

Who should take this course10 Cybersecurity Practices to Adopt and Master

Attorneys and law firm staff responsible for safeguarding sensitive client information.

Curriculum

  1. 1. Overview of Cybersecurity and the Threats Against Law Firms

    Defining cybersecurity and data breaches and why they demand attention.

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  2. 2. 10 Cybersecurity Practices to Adopt and Master

    Ten best practices law firms should implement to secure client data.

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  3. 3. Prevention Over Cure Through Cyber Risk Assessments

    Shifting focus to proactive, preventative measures.

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Your instructors

Portrait of Daniel B. Garrie

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Portrait of Sarah Zabel

Sarah Zabel

Mediator and Arbitrator, Maze Resolutions PA (former Circuit Court Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida)

Maze Resolutions PA

Sarah Zabel is a neutral with Maze Resolutions PA in Miami-Dade County, Florida, serving as a mediator, arbitrator, special magistrate and private judge. She sat as a circuit court judge in Miami-Dade County from January 2003 to 2018, hearing civil, family, juvenile and criminal matters and serving on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit's appellate panel; in Pareto v. Ruvin she held Florida's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional on 25 July 2014. Before the bench she was an assistant state attorney in Miami-Dade from 1993 to 2000 and then practiced civil litigation, employment law and family law. She is a certified circuit court civil mediator, a certified circuit court family mediator and a certified collaborative family law practitioner, and holds a J.D. from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for arbitration and mediation. At Legal Cyber Academy, Sarah Zabel teaches on ten cybersecurity practices counsel should adopt.

Portrait of Chuck Cosson

Chuck Cosson

Privacy and Compliance Executive

Chuck Cosson is a privacy and compliance executive with more than 15 years in executive-level legal and policy counsel roles at leading technology and telecom companies. He has built compliance programs, policies, and standards, provided product counsel and transactional support, and advised on public policy, including analyzing policy proposals, engaging policymakers, and supporting strategy and public affairs teams. His expertise spans identifying and analyzing emerging policy issues and developing strategic recommendations and compliance solutions.

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George Pierce

Special Counsel, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP

Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP

George Pierce is Special Counsel to the litigation and cyber security practices at Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP. He has substantial experience providing legal services related to complex litigation, corporate governance, labor and employment, bankruptcy, international trade, regulatory compliance and cyber security matters. He retired from Toyota Tsusho America in December 2022, where he was employed for 29 years, established the legal department as the company's first general counsel, and served as a director, senior vice president, chief legal officer, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary, sitting on the company's board for 22 years. He was earlier associated with Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander and Ferdon for 12 years, where his work included complex litigation for Japanese and domestic corporations. He holds a J.D. from the University of Denver and is admitted in New York and in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. At Legal Cyber Academy, George Pierce teaches on the New York DFS cybersecurity regulations and cybersecurity practices organisations should adopt.

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