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But Wait... There's More - Ransomware Edition

By Joanne Kiley posted 06-28-2017 11:06

  

Yesterday the latest ransomware, Petya, took center stage. Do you have a meeting invite to discuss security with the leaders of your organization? Review ILTA’ ransomware resources. Jump to the “Something Extra” section tips on career growth advice from the Women Who Lead. Explore curated sources on these topics including some from ILTA’s treasure chest.

Ransomware Resources

As you prepare for that meeting with your organization’s leaders, look at recent ILTA resources on ransomware and security practices to make certain your i’s are dotted and your t’s are crossed.

Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack (from the recent LegalSEC Summit (login required)

Threat Automation (from the recent LegalSEC Summit (login required)

Deception-Based Threat Detection, With a Law Firm’s Perspective (from the recent LegalSEC Summit (login required)

ILTA Peer – Security Best Practices – the entire document is filled with exceptional, practical and applicable advice. For ransomware specifically, scroll to “Backups: Defense against ransomware and data loss” beginning on page 22.

Real-World Zero-Day Threat Detection and Response

Measuring Cybersecurity Performance in the Legal Sector

Security Awareness: A Blueprint from Start to Finish-ish

I have only listed a few recent resources. Please share your favorites in the comments section.

SOMETHING EXTRA – Career Growth

The Women Who Lead have hit the road to share their wisdom about growing your career. They began this trip with a stop in Chicago to discuss how colleagues, connections and collaboration all help with career growth. (Note: this advice holds true regardless of gender.) Their next stop is Philadelphia on July 11. Join the conversation or if you won’t be close to Philadelphia in July, they provided a Key Takeaways document from the conversation in Chicago.

As ILTA’s content curator, I’m always monitoring the discussion forums to discover what topics are top-of-mind among the members. Each week, I focus on a few areas that spark your interest, and I provide some curated resources to assist your own information-gathering on the topics. If there are specific topics you would like assistance exploring, please contact me at joanne@iltanet.org



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06-30-2017 13:24

This past week has been an eye-opener for many people regarding the recent cyber-attack "NotPetYa".  This attack affected many large companies, and some at a rate of 5000 machines every 15 minutes.  There is an excellent thread running in the ILTA "LegalSEC" community regarding this attack, and it is an example as to why people responsible for IT infrastructure & security, directors, and CIOs should be members of the LegalSEC community.  I've been very impressed with the participation on the thread this week, and also somewhat reduced in size with relation to the level of knowledge required to better protect my firm's systems.  Most of my week has been spent reading the different security threads, blogs, white papers, etc., and I've been trying to spread the word to others in my local community on why this is so damn important.

I highly recommend that if you're not a member of the LegalSEC community, you should consider joining now.