A Day in the Life of an Attorney:

The Cybersecurity, Technology, and Crime Risks We Face.

By John Bandler

(Originally published in the July 2018 NYSBA Journal, and now reproduced here. This article is not updated but remains timely)

Attorneys face cybercrime threats every day that jeopardize our practice, clients, and family. This is true for solo practitioners and members of large firms, representing individuals or multi-national conglomerates, and in all practice areas. Knowledge, awareness, and effort are required to protect from cybercrime and fraud threats.

We will view a day in the life of Lex, our fictional lawyer, to illustrate the threats to our professional and personal lives, and see how crime, cybersecurity, information security, technology, and safety are related and enmeshed in our lives.

The day begins

It is midnight so the calendar day has officially begun, but Lex and his family are asleep. His home is quiet, as is the neighborhood. Lex is an attorney in a small firm, handling many legal issues for his clients.

Elsewhere, the worldwide cybercrime economy is hard at work across every time zone. Some cybercriminals are awake and at work on their schemes. Others have set in motion computer programs to perform malicious work without ever needing rest – so called “bots.” These cybercriminals collectively control an army of computers throughout the world, many of them infected with malware and transformed into malicious tools without their owners’ knowledge.

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Original article published July 2018, NYSBA Journal, and one way to cite it is:

  • John Bandler, A Day in the Life of an Attorney: The Cybersecurity, Technology, and Crime Risks We Face, New York State Bar Association Journal, July/August 2018, Vol 29 No 6, available at https://johnbandler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bandler-NYSBA-Journal-Jul-2018-Day-in-Life-of-Attorney-Cybersecurity.pdf

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