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How the Newest Tech Changes Cybersecurity

Needs in the Legal Industry

Responsibly Adopting Technology to Improve Law Firm Productivity

By Robert Scott, IT Attorney & Chief Innovator, Monjur

Lawyers face incredible pressure in their jobs to perform accurately and quickly. Thankfully, technology
has been introduced that now allows legal professionals to significantly streamline their processes and
improve efficiency while meeting their clients’ needs.

However, many of these technologies introduce ethical and security considerations that lawyers must
consider before integrating these tools into their operations. As a result, it becomes essential for lawyers
to prioritize responsible practices when adopting these technologies in pursuit of the benefits they offer
— otherwise, they could potentially expose their firms and clients to serious cybersecurity risks.

How technology has impacted cybersecurity in law

Technology has long been influential in many of the back-end administrative tasks of running a law firm,
but has only in recent years become more prominently used in firms’ cybersecurity measures. For
example, technology has been used to ensure secure document management and transaction

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