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Law Practice

Dec. 21, 2016

Attorneys: '123456' isn't enough to keep client data safe

The year 2016 should be a wake-up call to recognize that, while state bars and legislatures have not yet imposed specific security requirements on attorneys, cybersecurity is a job requirement and a fundamental obligation in fulfilling ethical duties to clients. By Anita Taff-Rice

Anita Taff-Rice

Founder
iCommLaw

Technology and telecommunications

1547 Palos Verdes Mall # 298
Walnut Creek , CA 94597-2228

Phone: (415) 699-7885

Email: anita@icommlaw.com

iCommLaw(r) is a Bay Area firm specializing in technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity matters.

By Anita Taff-Rice

CYBERSLEUTH

Time magazine got it wrong when it named Donald Trump as the Person of the Year for 2016. The award is supposed to name the individual, group or even thing that has had the biggest effect on the year's news. The obvious choice was Kybernetes. Though Kybernetes may not be a household name, it had an astonishingly broad and deep effect on the news, politics and commerce in...

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