Digital ID in your practice: A Guide for Firms and Their Clients
The Australian Government’s Digital ID Scheme is being expanded to encompass state governments and the private sector via a newTrusted Digital ID Framework. For law firms, Digital ID can streamline identification processes and reduce risks.
Privacy Awareness Week (6-12 May, 2024) - changes to the Privacy Act that could impact your organisation
To mark Privacy Awareness Week from 6 to 12 May 2024, we’re sharing Privacy Act updates with important legal changes that may impact your organisation.
Australia’s largest law firm data breach - Lessons for the legal profession
The 2023 cyber incident affecting HWL Ebsworth was hardly the first data breach to have an impact on an Australian legal practice, but it was the largest and most devastating in terms of impact across individuals and sectors.
Our submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement into Cybercrime
In October 2023 Law & Cyber was invited by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement to file a submission on the capability of law enforcement to respond to cybercrime.
The human factor: building a cyber-aware culture in your law firm
In the world of cyber risk, it’s often said that “humans are the weakest link,” which can be an exercise in blaming and shaming that is hardly helpful and puts a huge and unfair responsibility on individuals who may make a single, understandable mistake.