Research Catalog

Title

Information security for lawyers and law firms / Sharon D. Nelson, David K. Isom, John W. Simek, editors.

Publication

Chicago : Section of Science & Technology Law, Law Practice Management Section, American Bar Association, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Isom, David K.
• Nelson, Sharon D.
• Simek, John W.

Description

xx, 424 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

Law offices > Security measures > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Information security guidelines for lawyers and law firms -- Terms and definitions -- Information security : the basics -- Information security legal principles : the basics -- Information security and legal practice : risk assessment -- Physical security -- Access control -- Routers and firewalls : keeping the bad stuff out and the good stuff in -- Security when you travel and remote access to data -- Remote access -- Securing wireless networks the easy way -- E-mail and Internet usage policies -- E-mail management -- Securing your documents : encryption digital signatures and PDF -- Voice communications -- Viruses, worms, trojans -- Spyware -- Metadata -- Incident response plans -- Avoiding disaster in your disaster recovery planning and procedure -- Cyberinsurance : singing in the rain -- Employee issues : training, termination, social engineering, safe computing, and disgruntled employees -- Third-party service providers -- Law firm document retention policies -- Computer forensics -- A legal lifeline : protecting your data in electronic discovery -- Equipment and information disposal -- Additional information security resources : where to go online for more information -- The future of information security.

ISBN

1590316630

LCCN

^^2006010299

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library