Linked – Forget data thieves, data sabotage will be your next IT nightmare
Instead of stealing your information, what if I close your bank account? Or change your DMV record to show that your license has been suspended?
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Linked – The Perilous Side of the Cloud: Shadow IT and Excess Data
“While the panel advocated eliminating shadow IT, they admitted the efforts involved in doing so could prove daunting. “The average employee is using about 28 cloud services, so when someone leaves that company, how long is it going to take … to shut all that down, and how do you get that data back?” said…
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Linked – eDiscovery Advice to IT – be on high alert to protect electronic evidence under “Legal Hold”
“Whether we like it or not every lawsuit now has ESI and IT is responsible for helping protecting ESI.” This is one of those things that I don’t think the legal industry truly understands. IT’s job is first and foremost about keeping all the technology running and proiding useful solutions to business needs. Keeping track…
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Linked – Half of legal staff plan to move jobs, survey shows
“Aside from salary, career development (33%) and work-life balance (25%) were cited as the most important factors for employees when considering new roles. However just 14% of employers said that work-life balance was important when attracting staff. According to the results, 43% of legal employees said their work-life balance was average or below average. Meanwhile…
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Data to Back Up My Claim That eDiscovery is Killing Us
A few months back, I opined that the demands on our time, and the proud way in which many in the legal industry brag about the hours they work, was really just killing all of us. Here’s some proof: “What we found is trouble,” said Krill, who presented some of the survey’s preliminary findings at…
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Linked – Most Firms Are More Concerned About Security Threats Than They Were Just Two Years Ago:
“77% of firms are more concerned about security threats than they were just two years ago: In addition, the majority of respondents to the survey indicated that their security concerns have increased over the past year, with none indicating a decrease in concern over the past year;” It’s about time. Everyone who has any private…
