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The Bureau: Building a cyber defence strategy for your firm

25 November 2020
Issue: 7912 / Categories: Legal News , Cyber , Profession
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The risk of cyber fraud is a constant worry for law firms, particularly with so many people working from home. However, many firms miss the number one cause of cyber crime―human error

Alastair Murray, director of The Bureau, which specialises in websites for professional firms, says: ‘It is estimated that less than 1% of attacks are now targeted at IT system vulnerabilities, with staff curiosity and trusting nature the cyber criminal’s weapon of choice.’

Writing in NLJ this week (see attached pdf), Murray offers advice to firms and presents a handy list of cyber security links for further reading.

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