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An ounce of cybersecurity prevention …

“An ounce of cybersecurity prevention is cheaper than the first day of litigation.” -Shawn E. Tuma  

Can a Company Remotely Wipe an Ex-Employee’s Device?

Note: this article was previously posted on Norse’s DarkMatters. One of my favorite sayings about cyber risk is “an ounce of prevention is cheaper than the very first day of litigation.” A recent case provides a nice example of exactly what I mean. In this case, an effective BYOD policy could have saved this company …

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Middle School Hacker Case Impacts CFAA Reform Debate

Note: this article was previously posted on Norse’s DarkMatters. A Florida middle school student’s prank — with a computer —  resulted in his being arrested and charged with felony “hacking.” His crime? He used teacher’s password to login and change the desktop background on the computer. Given all of the rancor that was stirred up …

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The Nature of Cybersecurity and Strategies for Unprecedented Cyber Attacks

What is foreseeable is that cyber attacks often are not. A few years ago the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) hack turned on its head the business world that was already trying to come to grips with the Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, and many other data breaches. There was one thing about the SPE breach …

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3 Important Points on Computer Use Policies

IMPORTANT POINT #1: YOUR BUSINESS MUST HAVE A COMPUTER USE POLICY IN PLACE Computer Use Policies (or Acceptable Use Policies, as they are often referred to) are must haves for today’s businesses. Such policies are a foundational component in how a business creates a culture of security with its workforce by establishing expectations on what are …

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Start with Cybersecurity Basics: Confirmed by Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Report

Verizon released its 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report and it confirms what many of us have been saying for a while: start by focusing on the basics of cybersecurity! 1 Step to Improve Your Company’s Cybersecurity Today Low Hanging Fruit Can Make a Pretty Good Cybersecurity Pie Making this point, a few days ago I wrote “The …

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DFW Cybersecurity Attorney Shawn Tuma Named to D Magazine’s 2016 Best Lawyers List

Shawn Tuma, Cybersecurity & Data Protection Partner at Scheef & Stone, L.L.P., has earned selection to D Magazine’s 2016 listing of the Best Lawyers in Dallas based on his expertise in cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection where he was one of only eleven lawyers selected for the Digital Information Law category. Here is Shawn’s individual listing. Shawn was also named …

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How a Small Law Firm was Used for an Extensive Cyberattack

TO GET TO THE POINT (click here) INTRODUCTION I recently had the pleasure of reading a guest blog post on Peter Vogel’s Internet, Information Technology & e-Discovery Blog that was authored by John Ansbach. This alone is important because I have a world of respect for Peter and John. If you did not already know …

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1 Step to Improve Your Company’s Cybersecurity Today

THE ANSWER: The answer is at the bottom, click here to see it now. Cybersecurity is sounding more and more like the magical mystical snake oil elixir of the new millennium. And, for good reason. Everybody is selling the miracle cure, the one tool that will fix everything, and they are doing so with scare …

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Law Firm Cybersecurity: I Hate to Say I Told You So But …

Hey! Any chance you’ve heard anything in the news lately about law firms being under cyber attack? If not, first, crawl out from under that rock; second, take a look at these articles. Wow. Can you believe it? Law firms? Under cyber attack? What is this world coming to? A few years ago, I did a …

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