{"id":249,"date":"2019-03-15T11:54:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslitigationtrends.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2020-09-24T03:15:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T07:15:14","slug":"legal-intelligencer-it-security-and-policy-why-all-lawyers-must-care-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-it-security-and-policy-why-all-lawyers-must-care-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: IT Security and Policy: Why All Lawyers Must Care About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the March 21, 2019 edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Edward Kang, Managing Member of Kang Haggerty wrote &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2019\/03\/21\/it-security-and-policy-why-all-lawyers-must-care-about-it\/\">IT Security and Policy: Why All Lawyers Must Care About It<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago, my insurance broker suggested I get cybersecurity insurance for my firm. It seemed a cybersecurity insurance policy was unnecessary, not much different from having an undercoating for a new car. That was then. Now, the benefits of having a cybersecurity insurance policy are not reasonably in dispute these days. In addition to having the security of insurance, another (and more important) benefit of getting a cybersecurity insurance policy was the requirement that I have an IT security\u00a0and breach policy that deals with how to prevent a security breach and what to do if there is a security breach. While getting a cybersecurity insurance policy may still remain an option for many, having an IT security policy describing detailed procedures to protect against a cybersecurity attack (and what to do when the system is breached) is a must.<\/p>\n<h2>Need for Cybersecurity Measures<\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-it-security-and-policy-why-all-lawyers-must-care-about-it\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Legal Intelligencer: IT Security and Policy: Why All Lawyers Must Care About It\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the March 21, 2019 edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Edward Kang, Managing Member of Kang Haggerty wrote &#8220;IT Security and Policy: Why All Lawyers Must Care About It.&#8221; Several years ago, my insurance broker suggested I get cybersecurity insurance for my firm. 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