Cyber breaches pose a misconduct risk for law firms

Cyber breaches are no longer just a business risk for law firms - they are a professional conduct risk too.

In this feature for the Law Institute Journal, Simone Herbert-Lowe, founder of Law & Cyber, unpacks how inadequate cybersecurity measures or a slow breach response can expose practitioners to liability under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and, more seriously, findings of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.

Small firms are not exempt. If anything, they are a more attractive target.

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