Joseph Abrenio, Delta Risk VP of Commercial Services, and Chris Evans, Delta Risk VP of Solutions, have co-authored the chapter “Cyber Health Crisis: How to Manage the Risk” for the 2016 edition of the Health Law Handbook. The Delta Risk VPs collaborated with Quarles & Brady Partner Jennifer L. Rathburn to develop a cyber security chapter focused on… Read More
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Defining Cyber Due Diligence For Law Firms
What is cyber due diligence? It’s a phrase that is often associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), in particular when it comes to the risk assessment of an organization. Cyber due diligence is a necessary practice to determine the risk level of a company’s data security before an investment is made. It’s becoming just as critical… Read More
Delta Risk and Chertoff Group Speakers Conduct Data Security, Command and Control Sessions At Enfuse™ 2016
Delta Risk Associate Jim Mitchell and The Chertoff Group Principal Adam Isles presented two strategic cyber sessions at Enfuse 2016. Mitchell co-presented a seminar with Stephen Windsor (President and Founder of Maddrix) on the subject of Malicious Command & Control Systems. Isles joined a panel of legal experts to present on the topic of Why Time Is Not… Read More
Delta Risk VP Discusses Evolution of Cyber Threats to Law Firms in Latest Issue of Legaltech News
In past years, when law firms suffered data breaches, it was often because they put themselves in the direct crosshairs of powerful and influential adversaries. For example, four years ago a Chinese group hacked into the files of the Washington D.C.-based firm Wiley Rein seeking confidential details related to several high-profile anti-dumping and unfair trade cases the… Read More
Pitfalls of Cyber Insurance Policies for Law Firms
Mitigating a Data Breach One way many law firms seek to mitigate risks is by buying insurance coverage. However, most insurance policies don’t cover cyber-related damages. To get proper coverage, firms must typically purchase supplemental insurance policies specifically designed for this. Finding the right cyber insurance for your firm can be challenging, however. Given that… Read More
Malicious Hackers are Not Law Firms’ Only Data Security Enemies
The Internet has been ablaze in the past week with articles and discussions about what appears to be the biggest data leak in history: 11.5 million documents (2.6 terabytes of information) that were leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca—colloquially called the “Panama Papers.” This data leak is larger than WikiLeaks in 2010 and… Read More