The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment recently issued a long-awaited overhaul to its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program by introducing CMMC 2.0, which:
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This year has seen an escalating series of high-profile ransom-ware attacks impacting businesses in a variety of sectors. After this most recent revelation, however, it would behoove law firms, specifically, to be on high alert for emerging cyber threats.
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Halfway through 2021, ransomware attacks are on the rise, and more companies are publicly disclosing the incidents. In addition to the nationally reported Colonial Pipeline attack, which temporarily shut down gas deliveries on the East Coast and sparked panic buying,…
Easy to remember passwords like the name of a family member, a pet, or your favorite team should be a thing of the past at your firm. If you are relying on remembering passwords by writing them in a book…
On February 16, Elon Musk announced that his electric car company, Tesla, would soon be allowing customers to buy their cars with Bitcoin. Up until now, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has been mostly used as an investment product rather than…
We all asked the same question. How could Russian hackers have breached U.S. government agencies’ information systems? The answer is, they simply jiggled the door handles and checked for open windows, the way a burglar might do to get into…
dodIf your law firm or your client’s company wish to capture some of the US Department of Defense’s (DOD) $600 billion annual budget, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) will be a requirement for contract awards and will be rolled…
You would think that people like Elon Musk and Bill Gates would have bulletproof cybersecurity. But in July, their Twitter accounts were hacked along with the accounts of Warren Buffett, Joe Biden, and Jeff Bezos. It was the kind of…
With meetings, conferences, and conventions being canceled by COVID-19, law firms are looking at new ways to communicate using video conferencing and webinars now and in the future. The bulk of CLEs will be online.
Firms forced to switch from…
Sheltering in place requires cybersecurity for your phone, laptop, tablet, WiFi and all other Internet connected devices (IoT devices). Gaps in your home information set-up can expose you to a cyberattack and infect all your devices.
Your system contains client…
