Patrick is the Vice President of Enterprise and Operational Risk Management at Lawyers Mutual as well as filling the roles of Corporate Secretary and Director of Information Security. He is an NCSB board certified specialist in Privacy & Information Security Law and has been designated a Fellow of Information Privacy and a Privacy Law Specialist by the IAPP. He is always happy to talk about his collection of tinfoil hats or to discuss risk management advice and resources that you may find helpful - you may reach him at 800.662.8843 or patrick@lawyersmutualnc.com.
File removal, a cybersecurity resolution for 2021. Read More
Tips for creating a plan for cybersecurity. Read More
As we enter October, consider a goal of taking a little time each week to think about cybersecurity. Read More
Just as you would not design a fire evacuation plan without knowing what the building looks like and where the offices and people are, we need to first know what data we have and where data might be found. Read More
Multifactor Authentication (MFA) combines your user ID and password (together they are one factor) with one or more other forms of authentication to prove you are the person who should have access. Read More
8 characters, one capital, one lower case, one number, one special character. Or so they told us. Unfortunately, those simple days have passed us by!
Having strong authentication is an absolutely necessity nowadays, and that begins with strong passwords.
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The first part of a cybersecurity tip series to help law firms improve their systems. Read More
Microsoft ends extended support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. Are you ready? Read More
Take a closer look at what ransomware is and practical steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim. Read More
October is a time of changing leaves, fresh apples, and children on a sugar-rush begging for candy door-to-door. It is also a great time to do a quick check-up of your cybersecurity posture.
Ditch Windows 7 and check all other operating systems to ensure they are still supported.
And running Windows… Read More
What can we do in the face of Mother Nature to protect ourselves and our clients?
Hopefully, you have a plan and procedure in place (and have urged clients over the years to do the same).
If not, now is a great time to think about a plan and put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, or voice to Dragon…… Read More
Guidance for choosing a cloud storage provider to protect your data. Read More
If you are a PC user running Windows, you are hopefully using Windows 10.
If you are not, now is a great time to consider upgrading to keep your systems up to date and secure!
Microsoft has two types of support during a product’s lifecycle:
Mainstream Support: the product is in warranty, there are upda… Read More
