These days, when it comes to electronic data storage, it’s all about security. After all, as we learned just last week, even huge retailers like Target can get hacked.
This breach was simply further proof that, as I’ve often said in the past, there is no such thing as absolute security. Realistically speaking, absolute security is an impossibility and instead, lawyers must take reasonable steps to ensure that confidential data remains secure, as Bob Ambrogi recently explained at his blog, Lawsites:
Of course, even though lawyers need not–and cannot–guarantee absolute security, it is important to have a thorough understanding of the technology that your firm uses and to take steps to secure confidential client data and prevent data breaches.
For example, two-factor authentication is a great example of a security measure that you can enable to protect your firm’s data. This is because it adds an additional layer of security, making it that much harder for unauthorized users to access your online accounts.
In fact, as Dan Pinnington explained earlier this month at the SlawTips blog, enabling two-factor authentication is one of the simplest–and most important–security measures you can take to secure your accounts:
Security is especially important when it comes to the confidential client data stored in your law practice management software. That’s why, as one of the many enhancements we added to the MyCase platform this year, we recently rolled out Two-Factor Authentication. With this new feature, MyCase customers can now add another layer of security–in addition to their passwords–when logging into their accounts.
Enabling two-factor authentication is one of the best ways to increase security, along with ensuring that your firm’s law practice management software includes bank-grade encryption and sufficient geo-redundant server distribution. So enable two-factor authentication today, then rest assured that your firm’s confidential data is that much more secure.
About the author
Nicole BlackAttorney, Journalist, Principal Legal Insight Strategist8am
Nicole Black is an attorney, journalist, and Principal Legal Insight Strategist at 8am. She is the author of "Cloud Computing for Lawyers" (2012) and co-author "Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier" (2010), both published by the American Bar Association. She also co-authored "Criminal Law in New York," a Thomson Reuters treatise. She writes regular columns for Above the Law, ABA Journal, and The Daily Record and regularly speaks at conferences regarding the intersection of law and emerging technologies.