Forwarded from: Mark Bernard <Mark.Bernard@private> Dear Associates, How about the handling of private information? Here in Canada privacy rights are rescinded when someone is caught committing a crime, so likely law firms maintain records including email relevant to cases. What happens to these records when a person is found not guilty or punished for a crime? This appears to be a grey area in the data retention law and now we are seeing that law firms are also vulnerable to exploits. Best regards, Mark. Mark E. S. Bernard, CISM, CISSP, PM, e-mail: Mark.Bernard@private; Web: http://www.TechSecure.ca; Phone: (506) 325-0444 ----- Original Message ----- From: "InfoSec News" <isn@private> To: <isn@private> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 2:05 AM Subject: [ISN] One in ten law firms suffered security breaches > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25159 > > By INQUIRER staff > 04 August 2005 > > ACCORDING TO AN NOP World survey, 50% of law firms in the UK are > missing basic security measures and just under half have no budget > dedicated to digital security, despite the recently increasing IT > security threats. > > 100 UK law firms were included in the NOP World survey commissioned > by security specialists Evolution Security Systems. > > According to the survey, one in ten firms had suffered digital > security breaches over the past year - showing absolutely no sign of > improvement with exactly the same odds the year before. Over half of > the firms believe that digital threats are increasing, yet have > failed to take appropriate prevention steps. > > The survey found that even though there is a one in ten chance of a > UK law firm suffering from digital security breaches, over half of > those surveyed still asked co-workers to check their e-mails, while > one quarter have never changed their e-mail passwords. Perhaps more > worryingly, four out of ten firms that were questioned had > absolutely no idea what to do in case of a serious IT malfunction, > having no disaster recovery plans, or even having thought of such > things. [...] _________________________________________ Attend ToorCon Sept 16-18th, 2005 Convention Center San Diego, California www.toorcon.org
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