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Many thanks to attorney and legal scholar extraordinaire John G. Browning (@therealjohnbrow) for quoting Shawn Tuma in his article in this month’s D CEO magazine: Why Cybercriminals Are Targeting Law Firms. Please read the full article to hear Tuma’s advice to John’s questions of why law firms often have poor(er) cybersecurity and what law firms can …
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On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 and Thursday, June 16, 2016, Shawn Tuma was a guest on several radio stations to discuss the hacking attack on the Democratic National Committee in which the hackers obtained the DNC’s opposition research on Donald Trump. Here is the audio from some of the interviews: https://youtu.be/jyOKiqXROuI https://youtu.be/ONBWg0av-xs https://youtu.be/ZUd1jOiT5tg https://youtu.be/6OVWU6mNRCI https://youtu.be/po_cK53bppk …
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Note: this article was previously posted on Norse’s DarkMatters. The problem with laws is that they are usually written by lawyers. The same could be said for proposed amendments to laws, such as those to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that President Obama proposed leading up to the 2015 State of the Union Address. The …
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Note: this article was previously posted on Norse’s DarkMatters. A recent lawsuit provides a nice case study for how businesses’ contracts can play a critical role in their cybersecurity strategy. Before the court is this question: Who was responsible for maintaining cybersecurity safeguards for a bank’s website, the bank or the company that designed and …
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“Security and IT protect companies’ data; Legal protects companies from their data.”
“An ounce of cybersecurity prevention is cheaper than the first day of litigation.” -Shawn E. Tuma
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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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 …
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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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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