Cybersecurity basics are important for sophisticated lawyers and firms too (and everyone else)
By John Bandler. Published April 16, 2026, Reuters Legal News
Cybersecurity basics are not just for newbies, luddites and simpletons. They are for everyone, including experienced and sophisticated individuals, attorneys, law firms and other organizations.
Alas, the basics are frequently ignored and rarely get the attention they deserve.
Let's face it, we are in an attention economy, and basics seem boring to some at first.
But suppose we ignore the pull of cybersecurity marketing hype which try to draw us to products and services which purport to solve cybersecurity problems without the need to expend time and effort. We can also ignore the distraction of flashier topics of the day.
For the next thousand words we can focus on the facts and logic of these basics because we realize it is hard to excel on anything when skipping the basics, hard to address complexities when basics are neglected, and many failures and disasters happen because the basics never got done.
What are the basics?
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