Jim Koenig on Law Firm Hacks and How to Prevent Them

Jim Koenig thinks that law firms need to adopt comprehensive information security programs and train their employees to become better versed in handling the fallout of a cyber attack.

Perhaps there’s no clearer reminder of this than last month’s global malware attack, which, along with a number of global companies, hit DLA Piper and forced the firm to shut down its networks, including email.

In light of such cyber threats, Koenig, who co-chairs the cyber practice at Fenwick & West, said that firms and companies alike should take a look at the information they store and ask whether they need to ...