Law Practice Management

• Publication year: 2024
• Citation: Vol. 47 No. 4

Law Practice ManagementVol. 47 No. 4 Pg. 42Wyoming Bar JournalAugust 2024

Why It's Imperative to Maintain a Strong Cybersecurity Posture Even Though It's a Pain

My cybersecurity awareness training never stops; and even though much of it is selfinflicted, I often feel like I'm still losing ground. In fact, today I'm thinking that selling everything I have, disconnecting from the wired world, and moving to some remote island where I could live out my life running a small tapas stand near a beach might be the way to go. I suspect more than a few of you feel similarly from time to time.

What got me going today was continuing to read up on the recent MGM Resort ransomware attack, which appears to have been quite sophisticated and yet so frustratingly easy to execute. If

If you think your bank account or other types of accounts can't be breached or think a member of your staff can't be fooled, think again. All a hacker needs to do is call you or anyone at your office under the guise of being a prospective client, press record and they're well on their way.

Mark Bassingthwaighte has been a Risk Manager with ALPS since 1998.

you're curious as to how it all went down, it was a cross-tenant impersonation attack. Yes, I know. What the heck is that, am I right? Here's the crazy part, this devastating attack started with a quick call to the company's IT help desk with a password reset request. To pull that off, all the hacker needed...