Over the past several months, we’ve posted a series of blogs that explain the benefits of the ACC’s new Data Steward Program for both law firms and corporate legal departments. Getting started with the program is simple. Law firms: A law firm can volunteer to participate and conduct a self-assessment called the DSP Core Assessment. The results of the self-assessment are only visible to the firm, giving the firm the [...]
According to the ACC, the Data Steward Program (DSP) offers “a standardized framework for assessing, scoring, benchmarking, validating and accrediting a law firm’s posture regarding client data security. It then enables secure and easy sharing of this profile with the firm’s clients or potential clients.” The Data Steward Program uses a standards-based approach that includes: Infosec frameworks Defensible due diligence Highly secure profiles and scores with controlled disclosure An open [...]
We’ve almost come up on a year since ETRM Group’s COO and General Counsel, Kenya Parrish-Dixon, learned she had been named as a finalist in the Stellar Women in eDiscovery category of Relativity’s Innovation Awards. She’s had a busy year supporting the Stellar Women initiative since then! Kenya’s involvement kicked off last September with a podcast featuring Kenya and fellow Innovation Award finalists. They discussed their spirit of innovation and [...]
Many law firms today struggle with managing the many different data security requirements for their corporate clients. A large law firm could have relationships with hundreds of corporate clients, and while smaller firms may have fewer corporate clients, they still must manage the data security requirements for each. This important obligation can be burdensome to a firm of any size. Law firms become a repository for data belonging to every [...]
Many corporations today are struggling with managing data security requirements for their law firms. A Fortune 500 company may have relationships with 500 law firms and vendors, and while smaller corporations may work with fewer firms, they still must manage the data security requirements for each. No matter the size of the company, this important obligation can be burdensome. For these reasons, the Association of Corporate Counsel founded the Data [...]
Because law firms become repositories of client data as part of their engagement, it is no surprise that they are increasingly coming under attack from cyber criminals seeking to steal private, sensitive, and even confidential information. Lawyers have an obligation to protect privileged client information and firms must make reasonable effort to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information or access to it. That duty extends to data involved in eDiscovery. [...]
In 2017, the Federal Trade Commission overhauled its litigation support infrastructure and pushed all its data into a FedRAMP authorized cloud. At the time, there was a profound need for an eDiscovery solution that met the workflow of the FTC attorneys, but there was also a greater need for data security to protect sensitive and private information. The Association of Corporate Counsel recognized the need for greater data security in [...]
Kenya Parrish-Dixon, our COO and General Counsel, recently appeared on Debbie Reynolds’s “The Data Diva,” podcast to talk about information governance within the U.S. government and private sectors. Take a few minutes to listen to the entire podcast here.
Kenya Parrish-Dixon, our COO and General Counsel, has a busy March planned! She will be speaking at three legal industry events. Join her at any of the following: ACC’s Cybersecurity Summit March 2, 11:15 a.m. ET Topic: How Companies Can Ensure Their Law Firms Have The Right Level of Information Security Description: This discussion will explore the Association of Corporate Counsel’s recently launched Data Steward Program for assessing, benchmarking, validating [...]
Most organizations have realized the strategic importance of cybersecurity by now and spend hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars on detection and prevention technologies. In recent years, applications and services that assist companies in safeguarding their environments have truly become a staple of everyday information technology spend. Many commercial products exist that provide adequate levels of protection for the most common types of security threats; some even offer [...]