Security
Legal Implications of Cloud Computing
By Nerino Petro at 20 October, 2009, 7:00 am
Whether we want to admit it or not, cloud computing is making an impact on the way we practice law as well as the way our clients approach computing and information storage. Lawyers need to have a t least a basic understanding of the benefits and potential pitfalls that this new technology will impose.
Read More >>Good deal on an external drive and CMS BounceBack Ultimate software
By Nerino Petro at 11 September, 2009, 3:18 pm
If you’re looking for a backup system for a single computer, CMS backup has a 250GB external drive plus a copy of BounceBack Ultimate for $99.00.
Read More >>Fraud for the holidays.
By Nerino Petro at 3 September, 2009, 10:12 am
Scammers and con artists continue to become more sophisticated in their methods and have been preying on unsuspecting lawyers and law firms for over a year now. The time just before holidays is fast becoming a preferred period for these nefarious villains to try and hit law firms with their tricks. Our friends at LawPRO Insurance in Toronto, Canada have provided a timely and concise reminder of what this fact and some of the red flags that may indicate you’re being scammed in their Fraud reminder: Fraudsters strike before holiday weekends posting.
Read More >>Technical Alert for LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage TM Version 8.0 Customers Using the Microsoft® Word Plug-In
By Nerino Petro at 20 July, 2009, 11:42 am
Lexis Nexis has issues a Technical Alert for users of its Total Practice Advantage Product version 8.0 (TPA8) and TimeMatters version 8 (TM8). This Technical Alert details the steps users need to take to insure that TPA8 and TM8 continue to work with MS Word properly by reactivating the Verisign Trusted Publisher Certification by July 23, 2009. Here is the Technical Alert in its entirety:
Read More >>Strong Passwords for Protection: A Contrarian View
By Nerino Petro at 13 July, 2009, 5:35 pm
…interesting review of the major threats to account security with the authors finding the major threats are those that strong passwords alone can’t defend against. Some of the paper is rather technical, but the underlying premise is that the major areas of concern are from phishing and keylogging which the strongest passwords in the world can’t defend against. The end result, according to the authors, is that requiring strong passwords doesn’t necessarily add protection beyond a certain length and only makes it more difficult for the end user to remember.
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