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    • wirestyle22W
      wirestyle22 @NerdyDad
      last edited by

      @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

      @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

      @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

      They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

      How many users?

      3

      You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

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      • NerdyDadN
        NerdyDad @wirestyle22
        last edited by

        @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

        @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

        @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

        @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

        They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

        How many users?

        3

        You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

        Totally agree. AD/LDAP would be way overkill for this. Tried to convince her to setup a password and she said that it slows her down. Really? If 2 minutes to enter a password slows you down, then you have bigger problems, such as time management and the ability to say "no".

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
          last edited by

          Law firms are stupidly insecure.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @NerdyDad
            last edited by

            @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

            @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

            @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

            @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

            @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

            They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

            How many users?

            3

            You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

            Totally agree. AD/LDAP would be way overkill for this. Tried to convince her to setup a password and she said that it slows her down. Really? If 2 minutes to enter a password slows you down, then you have bigger problems, such as time management and the ability to say "no".

            I have zero empathy for people needing to remember a password or two. I have to remember 100+. Gooby pls.

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            • coliverC
              coliver @wirestyle22
              last edited by

              @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

              @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

              @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

              @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

              @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

              @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

              They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

              How many users?

              3

              You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

              Totally agree. AD/LDAP would be way overkill for this. Tried to convince her to setup a password and she said that it slows her down. Really? If 2 minutes to enter a password slows you down, then you have bigger problems, such as time management and the ability to say "no".

              I have zero empathy for people needing to remember a password or two. I have to remember 100+. Gooby pls.

              Why? Install Lastpass or Keepass.

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @coliver
                last edited by

                @coliver said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

                How many users?

                3

                You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

                Totally agree. AD/LDAP would be way overkill for this. Tried to convince her to setup a password and she said that it slows her down. Really? If 2 minutes to enter a password slows you down, then you have bigger problems, such as time management and the ability to say "no".

                I have zero empathy for people needing to remember a password or two. I have to remember 100+. Gooby pls.

                Why? Install Lastpass or Keepass.

                I don't access everything from a single computer unfortunately

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                • coliverC
                  coliver @wirestyle22
                  last edited by

                  @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  @coliver said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                  They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

                  How many users?

                  3

                  You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

                  Totally agree. AD/LDAP would be way overkill for this. Tried to convince her to setup a password and she said that it slows her down. Really? If 2 minutes to enter a password slows you down, then you have bigger problems, such as time management and the ability to say "no".

                  I have zero empathy for people needing to remember a password or two. I have to remember 100+. Gooby pls.

                  Why? Install Lastpass or Keepass.

                  I don't access everything from a single computer unfortunately

                  I... What does that have to do with it? Lastpass is web based. Keepass can be encrypted on a USB stick with some strong encryption as to prevent people from accessing it if it were to get lost.

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                  • travisdh1T
                    travisdh1 @wirestyle22
                    last edited by

                    @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    @coliver said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                    They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

                    How many users?

                    3

                    You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

                    Totally agree. AD/LDAP would be way overkill for this. Tried to convince her to setup a password and she said that it slows her down. Really? If 2 minutes to enter a password slows you down, then you have bigger problems, such as time management and the ability to say "no".

                    I have zero empathy for people needing to remember a password or two. I have to remember 100+. Gooby pls.

                    Why? Install Lastpass or Keepass.

                    I don't access everything from a single computer unfortunately

                    I use Lastpass still, and I hope between 3 computers and my phone every day. The auto sync is very hard to give up.

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22 @coliver
                      last edited by

                      @coliver said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @coliver said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                      They're all still on Windows 7 and none of their computers are password protected, let alone have a central AD/LDAP system in place.

                      How many users?

                      3

                      You don't need AD for 3 users but of course password protection is a must

                      Totally agree. AD/LDAP would be way overkill for this. Tried to convince her to setup a password and she said that it slows her down. Really? If 2 minutes to enter a password slows you down, then you have bigger problems, such as time management and the ability to say "no".

                      I have zero empathy for people needing to remember a password or two. I have to remember 100+. Gooby pls.

                      Why? Install Lastpass or Keepass.

                      I don't access everything from a single computer unfortunately

                      I... What does that have to do with it? Lastpass is web based. Keepass can be encrypted on a USB stick with some strong encryption as to prevent people from accessing it if it were to get lost.

                      Oh that's cool. I guess I made an incorrect assumption

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                      • PenguinWranglerP
                        PenguinWrangler
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                        I work at a larger law firm. We have about 130 attorneys, plus around 70 support staff, secretaries, etc. Most of the time the regulations we have to deal with come about from our clients. If we have a doctor as a client, and we do. Then we are entangled into HIPPA. If we have financial clients and we do, we then are tied up in their regulations. What everyone said about law firms being insecure is true. It has been a long fought fight for us to drag the firm towards better security practices. In cases we are dealing with, most contain sensitive private information, SSNs and the such so we try to be very secure with them. We have encryption on all of our machines. The data between our computers and document management system is encrypted. We have taken a lot of steps to secure our data. I am sure we have holes, I believe everyone does but we actually pay for a security audit every year. Some of our bigger clients require it. We always complain about the mom and pop law firms. They are very difficult to deal with.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                          last edited by

                          @NerdyDad said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                          I just wanted to make sure that she was in compliance, if there were any regulations. Since it appears that there aren't, then its an open field for me. Thanks.

                          There are not regulations, but what she is doing is called "negligence" and a breach could land her in hot water. Any firm handling someone else's data that has a total disregard for the safety of their clients could wind up in court for simply being negligent in the duties assumed in protecting other people.

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                          • dbeatoD
                            dbeato
                            last edited by dbeato

                            Although there is no regulation. Please look at the below:

                            http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/comment_on_rule_1_1.html

                            Look at comment 8

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @dbeato
                              last edited by

                              @Eltolargo said in Regulations around Legal/Law industry:

                              Although there is no regulation. Pleass look at the below:

                              http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/comment_on_rule_1_1.html

                              Look at comment 8

                              Yup, no excuses just because they are lawyers, doesn't excuse them from the same need to keep up as IT practitioners.

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                              • Reid CooperR
                                Reid Cooper
                                last edited by

                                Legal is really all about "common sense" and following good practices. Think of it as having to defend your decisions logically, rather than following a specific guideline or rulebook.

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