Data security and keeping confidential information confidential is an area of concern for everyone who uses computers and the Internet.
The number of online threats continue to multiply and the average computer user has to be aware of some basic precautions. For my column Client Confidentiality, Personal Privacy and Digital Security, I tried to
I would like for every one of my regular readers to read Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups. It is a bit unfair to lawyers and even includes a sentence about entrepreneurs hating lawyers. But we’re tough and we can take it.
This is important for you to read even if you never intend to
So which is more secure- an unencrypted email attachment or a client portal? Well, that is sort of a trick question because most everything is more secure than an unencrypted email attachment. And normally one would use the phrase “secure client portal” because by definition, client portals should be secure. 
In this recent Oklahoma Bar
Trust account management is an important subject for lawyers in private practice and our Digital Edge podcast Trust Accounting for Lawyers has some great information and tips from a 
knowledgeable authority. Sheila Blackford is an attorney and practice management advisor for the Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund. She is also the author of an
Last week many Oklahoma Bar members received an email with a subject line of "Oklahoma Bar Association Complaint." Of course it was a fake. Our General Counsel's office does not send out these types of official notices by email. But cyber criminals hope that the surprise and horror at reading a complaint has been filed
Discussions about metadata used to be very common in law office management and technology circles. You do not hear as much about that topic today, primarily because Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect have built-in metadata scrubbers. But, as with other 
technology-based developments there are often new challenges and now is a good time to brush
Cyber Security for Small Firms and Solo Practices is a topic I was recently asked to discuss as a guest on the Digital Detectives podcast. As most of you know, I have co-hosted the Digital Edge podcast for many years with Sharon Nelson of Sensei Enterprises. This time the tables were turned as Sharon and
Information Security is an increasingly important topic. It is also a subject matter where relatively few lawyers have much background or training. Lawyers do have great experience learning from the experts where all types of subject matters are concerned. My friends and colleagues, Sharon Nelson, David Ries and John Simek are experts in this field.
Here is a guest post from my colleague Laura A. Calloway, Director of Service Programs for the Alabama State Bar. She has been a practice management advisor for a few weeks longer than I have (and, even after all these years, she never lets me forget it.) These latest spear phishing attacks that purport to
“The government is watching me all the time. They have implanted devices to eavesdrop on me.” It used to be when a client or friend made this type of statement to you, it was time to gently steer them toward a mental-health evaluation.
But after I attended several session at ABA TECHSHOW 2016, I
