Her paralegal pulls the exhibits. The file server answers on the first try. The VPN doesn’t blink. She walks into court with the binder she expected to walk in with.
A Thursday at 11 PM, we rehearsed her failover. That’s why.
Law firm cybersecurity · matter-based access · defensible retention · cyber insurance readiness · Microsoft 365 hardening · Connecticut
We already know where it hurts
How the visit usually startsA malpractice or cyber carrier’s renewal asking for proof of MFA and tested backups. Outside counsel guidelines with a security exhibit attached. Or an IT company that treats a hearing morning like any other ticket.
Confidentiality that can’t be un-broken
One exposed matter can end a client relationship, or a career. Access has to match the matter, every time, with a record of who saw what.
The server that fails on hearing day
Exhibits, filings, and calendars cannot be the thing that’s unavailable the morning you’re due in court.
Retention you can defend
Legal holds and records that stand up in discovery, without keeping everything forever or losing what matters.
The work behind the quiet
- —Matter-based access and least privilege, reviewed on a schedule
- —Conditional access and MFA across Microsoft 365
- —Rehearsed failover and tested backups — court day treated like a flight with a gate time
- —Email security and managed detection to reduce wire-fraud and impersonation risk
- —Defensible retention and recovery aligned to your firm’s policy
- ✓The right people see the right matters
- ✓Restores are rehearsed, not assumed
- ✓Changes arrive on schedule — documented and reversible