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Securing resilient support for your Information Governance initiative – Part 1
By Peter Sloan
Management support is crucial for successful Information Governance initiatives. This is not merely a question of initial project and budget approvals. Most Information Governance initiatives involve behavioral changes in how…
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Securing resilient support for your Information Governance initiative – Part 2
By Peter Sloan
Selecting the right initial project(s), determining outcomes and measures, and preparing the business case are important groundwork for your Information Governance initiative, as discussed in Part 1. But to secure…
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Securing resilient support for your Information Governance initiative – Part 3
By Peter Sloan
As noted in Part 1, attention is always in short supply in organizations, and especially so for executive management. Amidst the distractions and complexity of today's businesses, executives often use…
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Law Firm IoT: Internet of Things or Instruments of Trouble?
Law firms, like most businesses today, have embraced the convenient but usually hidden technologies known as the “Internet of Things.” This extension of internet connectivity into everyday objects and physical…
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Law Firm Data Security Opportunities
By Peter Sloan
Yes, with a troubling threat environment and unique vulnerabilities, law firms indeed have data security challenges. But there are strategic opportunities too. When firms are serious about their data safeguards…
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The Capital One breach – who’s in your wallet?
By Peter Sloan
In a federal court criminal complaint filed yesterday, the Department of Justice alleges that Paige Thompson hacked into Capital One Financial Corporation's cloud storage earlier this year and exfiltrated large…
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Law Firms are Behind the Curve on Data Security Safeguards
By Peter Sloan
Security risks flow from threats coupled with vulnerabilities – and when it comes to data security, law firms are uniquely vulnerable. Law firms have highly valuable information. Like any other…
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Law Firm Data Security Threats
By Peter Sloan
Just another day at the firm. The case was settled, with a $500,000 payment to be made to the approved settlement administrator. The law firm received an email from the…
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How the digital economy serves us
By Peter Sloan
[caption id="attachment_2796" align="alignleft" width="180"] Courtesy of Wikipedia, To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone)[/caption] To truly appreciate just how we are served by the digital economy, we must revisit Damon Knight's…
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What if companies treated their money like their information?
By Peter Sloan
I’m here at RabbitHole, Inc., talking with the company’s Manager of Money in his office, which is buried in the Facilities Department, down in the building’s basement. I’m interviewing him…