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As always, I read with great interest David Horrigan’s look at finding a balance between privacy and crime prevention when it comes to Automated License Plate Recognition. I think David’s take-away quote from attorney Gail Gottehrer at the end is … Read More
Innovation Tips and Priorities for Mid-sized Law Firms UNPREPARED FOR THE DEEPFAKE? Beware “secure DNS” scam targeting website owners and bloggers How E-Discovery Software Is Helping Battle COVID-19 Let Yourself Be Unproductive. At Least for a Little While. Detroit police … Read More
The backup has to be offline, disconnected from the computer that gets infected. “Keeping a backup copy of vital data is a good way of reducing the damage of a ransomware attack: it allows companies to get systems up and … Read More
I’ve often given this advice myself, if you get hit with ransomware, you can recover if you have a decent backup plan that gets you an unlocked copy of the data that the ransomware encrypted. But, that was before the … Read More
This does make some sense. The arms race will continue. “With the rise of additional mitigation and recovery options that help organizations avoid paying the ransom, the next stage is to force payment, and it would be easy for the … Read More
We are seeing this a lot, and this situation is one that seems to be cropping up over and over again. “The ransomware attack encrypted electronic files at the Tuscaloosa, Northport and Fayette hospitals, forcing staff to use a manual … Read More
These results from the 2018 ABA Legal Technology Survey are not at all good, given how much information is laying around law firms these days. “Less than half of the responding firms have the following policies or plans that are … Read More