Recent research has shown changes in the effectiveness of various phishing attacks.

Cofense, previously PhishMe, issued a report based on 1,400 clients in 23 industries in more than 50 countries that notes that 7.5 million phishing emails were reported in 2017 alone. But the effectiveness of phishing campaigns has shifted.

In prior research, users were most emotionally motivated to open emails that made them feel a sense of urgency, fear or opportunity. Those three emotional motivators have now been replaced with entertainment, social and reward/recognition.

Topics: Security, Training, cybersecurity, Ransomware, Hacking, phishing, Cybercrime, Email Security, Information Security

Topics: Security, Training, Malware, Information Governance, Email Management, Network, Access Control, Mimecast, Dual Factor Authentication, whaling, cybersecurity, Passwords, Biometric Authentication, Two Factor Authentication, Ransomware, Hacking, Advanced Persistent Threats, phishing, Antivirus, Cybercrime, Enterprise Mobility Management, Mobile, Email Security, 2FA, Information Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Testing, firewall

Our partners at SentinelOne recently reported that 50 percent of organizations have been victim to cyberattacks. Eighty-five percent of those said they had been attacked three or more times.

Topics: Training, Information Governance, cybersecurity, Two Factor Authentication, Hacking, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, Secret Service, Cybercrime, Email Security, 2FA

It's happened. You've done everything you can to defend your law firm from this day, but the hacker successfully breached your walls. Now, you're faced with encrypted files, lost confidential data, demands for money, the insertion of other forms of malware on your network or, even worse, some combination of these and/or more malicious activities or demands.

What do you do now? Who needs to know? Who are you gonna call?

Topics: Security, Training, Malware, IT Tips, Email Management, whaling, cybersecurity, Hashcat, Passwords, Hacking, phishing, Virus, Antivirus, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, US-CERT, IC3, Secret Service, PII, Federal Trade Commission, APTs, Cybercrime

Topics: Security, Training, Malware, IT Tips, Webinars, whaling, cybersecurity, Passwords, Ransomware, Hacking, phishing, Virus, Antivirus, Endpoint Protection, APTs

One click. That's all it took. One single click.

All the law firm's data. All of it. Gone. Encrypted. Corrupted. The best you can hope for is that you get

Topics: Security, Training, Malware, IT Tips, Webinars, whaling, cybersecurity, Passwords, Ransomware, Hacking, phishing, Virus, Antivirus, Endpoint Protection, APTs

So what does someone need to know about the annual RSA Conference? Most technical people know about it. However, as an account executive, I felt it was important for me to understand what the acronym “RSA” stands for. In my defense, I was a first-time attendee. But I wanted to know what kind of group I’d become involved with, and I figured knowing the meaning behind the acronym would give me a pretty good idea. Now, if you’re not a real techie, you probably don’t know the answer to my question. In fact, many people I talked to didn’t know. That made me feel better. I wasn’t alone in my ignorance. I went on a personal search to find out.

Topics: Security, Training, IT Tips, SentinelOne, cybersecurity, Partners, Endpoint Protection, RSA Conference

We have been partners with iManage since their beginnings. Through thick and thin, iManage has remained a best-of-breed partner in document management solutions. We are extremely happy to be hosting them in our newest partner webinar, in which we will examine the latest and greatest features of iManage Work 9.3.

iManage is the market-leading work product management solution for professionals. The iManage solution helps law firms serve their clients more effectively by enabling the creation, sharing, governance and security of work product on one simple, secure platform.

Topics: Training, Technology Consulting, IT Tips, iManage, Partner Series, Word, ECM, DMS, Webinars, iManage Work

In our continuing series highlighting our best-of-breed partners, we invite you to a free webinar on DocsCorp's compareDocs and cleanDocs.

 

WHAT: Free Webinar on DocsCorp's compareDocs and cleanDocs
WHEN: 27 JAN 2016
12 PM PST/1 PM MST
2 PM CST/3 PM EST
WHERE: GoToWebinar

Document comparison and metadata cleaning are so frequently part of the same workflow in legal document management that it makes perfect sense to use solutions that integrate seamlessly with each other and your document management system (DMS).

 

When you compare two documents for differences, making sure that the final version is cleaned of comments and track changes before emailing is crucial to information security. 

Topics: Training, Technology Consulting, IT Tips, Partner Series, DocsCorp, ECM, DMS, cleanDocs, compareDocs

My company has been helping law firms design, implement and support innovative legal technologies for over 25 years. I have seen a lot of change in that time – some of it for the better and some . . . well, not so helpful. Below are five developments I noticed this year. Not listed is the sixth and most important change: the increasing interest in learning and sharing knowledge in our community.

Topics: Security, Training, Malware, Technology Consulting, Cloud, IT Tips, Cloud Storage, iManage, DocsCorp, ECM, Our Team, DMS

Storage choices are expanding almost as fast as is our ability to fill them up. Due to the mission-critical nature of what law firms store, they require reliability, fault tolerance and scalability. However, the price tag to add a few more terabytes of storage to a system can be daunting to some.  

 

Adding additional SAN nodes is the first and, for me, most obvious answer. 

 

Installing new SAN nodes can be added to a storage cluster with no downtime, giving law firms a seamless expansion in storage capacity. This was, after all, one of the reasons you bought SAN storage in the first place, right?

 

There are other options, though.

Topics: Training, Technology Consulting, Data Backups, Data Recovery, IT Tips, Cloud Storage, Disaster Recovery

Topics: Training, IT Tips, Windows 10

At Innovative Computing Systems, we believe in the value of education. We support and urge our staff members to make investments in themselves through additional formal and/or informal education. 

 

That makes our recent partnership with St. Gabriel's Catholic School in Austin all the more special to us. St. Gabriel's is the only independent Junior Kindergarten through 8th grade Catholic School in Austin.

Topics: Training, Technology Consulting, Managed Services, IT Tips

At Innovative Computing Systems, we truly value our partners. We look at their solutions as the “best of breed.” We would like to share both our confidence and their solutions by dedicating a “Partner Series” highlighting their importance to us and law firms. We’ll be holding webinars, posting blogs and case studies and otherwise showing off the expertise of our partners.

Topics: Security, Training, Malware, Technology Consulting, Cloud, Managed Services, Data Backups, Data Recovery, IT Tips, Cloud Storage, iManage, Windows 10, Office 2016, Word

We are pleased to welcome Eric R. Crowther, founder of Crowther Macro Systems, as our guest blogger for this week's Tech Tip Tuesday. We look forward to sharing more of his insights in the future. 

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Topics: Training, Technology Consulting, IT Tips, Office 2016, Word