Deleting files doesn’t erase them. Reformatting a drive doesn’t erase them.

That old firm laptop holds years of client data recoverable with free software.

Certified digital destruction is not optional for law firms.

#DataDestruction #LawFirmSecurity #LegalIT

1 hour of IT downtime for an SMB: $8,000–$74,000.

Emergency IT rates: 2–3x higher than managed services.

“We’ll call someone when it breaks” is always the most expensive IT strategy.

#ManagedIT #LegalIT #ITDowntime

Average data breach cost in 2024: $4.88 million.

For a law firm, the real damage is the clients who find out their confidential data was exposed.

39% of breached firms lost client data. In a networked legal community, that’s not just money. That’s the firm.

#Breach #LegalIT

Cybersecurity isn’t just IT for attorneys. It’s an ethics obligation.

ABA Rule 1.6© requires reasonable efforts to protect client data.

40% of law firms still have no formal cybersecurity policy (ABA, 2024).

Are you one of them?

#LegalEthics #ABA #LawFirmSecurity #LegalIT

“We’re too small to be targeted.”

43% of cyberattacks hit small businesses. 1 in 3 law firms has been breached.

Small doesn’t mean safe. It means less defended.

#CybersecurityMyths #LegalIT #LawFirmSecurity

Reviewing case files on courthouse Wi-Fi?

Public networks are unencrypted. Anyone nearby can intercept your traffic.

For attorneys, it may be an ABA ethics violation.

A business-grade VPN fixes this. It runs silently & takes minutes to set up.

#LegalIT #VPN #LawFirmSecurity

A stolen password takes <1 second to use.

MFA blocks 99.9% of automated account attacks (Microsoft).

Setup: 2 hours. Extra login time: 3 seconds.

There is no excuse not to have it.

#MFA #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #LegalIT

Average ransomware downtime: 24 days. Average recovery cost: $2.73 million.

For a law firm, that’s clients lost.

Immutable backups prevent this. Few firms have backups that actually survive an attack.

When did you last test yours?

#Ransomware #LegalIT

40% of law firms were breached last year. Phishing was the #1 entry point.

Modern phishing looks like your vendor, your opposing counsel, your court clerk.

Only 34% of firms ever test their staff on it.

Is yours one of them?

#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #LegalIT

Trust account records sit at the intersection of professional obligations and client funds. Most firms back them up. Very few have confirmed the backup works or that retention meets the Law Society NSW standard.

Three steps to close that gap.

#SydneyLaw #TrustAccounts #LegalIT