Wire and payment fraud
Attackers impersonate attorneys, clients or title companies to redirect settlement and closing payments.
Legal Services
Protect client trust. Secure your practice.
Cybersecurity and Microsoft 365 management for law firms that handle confidential matters, client funds and sensitive communications every day.
Why it matters
Confidentiality is your product.
Law firms hold exactly what attackers want: privileged communications, financial details, settlement information and access to client funds. Attorneys also work under deadline pressure, which makes a convincing fraudulent email more likely to succeed.
Professional responsibility rules expect lawyers to take reasonable measures to protect client information. Practical security — strong identity controls, monitored email and well-governed documents — is how a firm meets that expectation.
Operating risks
Risks law firms recognize
Compromised attorney mailboxes
A single stolen password can expose years of privileged communications.
Uncontrolled document access
Matter files shared through links or broad SharePoint permissions reach people outside the matter team.
Remote and mobile work
Attorneys work from court, home and client sites on devices that may not be managed.
Prioritized solutions
Where we would start.
Priorities are confirmed during an initial assessment. This is the order we most often recommend for organizations like yours.
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Managed Microsoft 365
Enforce strong sign-in controls, block external auto-forwarding and govern matter documents in SharePoint and OneDrive.
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Managed Detection & Response
Detect mailbox takeover, suspicious inbox rules and malicious sign-ins around the clock.
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Governance, Risk & Compliance
Prepare accurate answers to client security questionnaires and outside counsel guidelines.
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Incident Response & Recovery
Plan who to call, what to preserve and how to notify clients before an incident happens.
Microsoft 365 use cases
Microsoft 365, configured for law firms
Matter-based access
SharePoint sites and Teams aligned to matters, with owners, permissions and external sharing controlled per matter.
Sensitivity labels for privileged material
Labels that mark and protect privileged and confidential documents, even when they leave the firm.
Payment verification safeguards
Impersonation protection, external sender tagging and a documented call-back procedure for payment changes.
Improvement journey
A practical path, one step at a time.
- 01 · First
Enforce MFA, remove legacy sign-in methods, review administrator accounts and block automatic forwarding to outside addresses.
- 02 · Next
Organize matter documents, restrict external sharing, apply sensitivity labels and enroll firm devices.
- 03 · Ongoing
Monitor sign-ins and mailboxes, review access as matters close and report to the managing partner.
Questions
Common questions
Can you help us answer client security questionnaires?
Yes. Corporate clients and insurers increasingly ask firms about MFA, encryption, monitoring and incident response. We help you confirm what is in place, fix gaps and answer accurately.
Do you work with practice management and document management systems?
We secure the Microsoft 365 environment and devices around those systems and coordinate with their vendors on identity, access and integration settings.
How do we stop fraudulent payment instructions?
Combine technical controls — impersonation protection, MFA and forwarding blocks — with a firm rule that payment changes are always verified by phone using a known number.
Next step
Talk to us about security for law firms.
We will listen to how your organization works, explain the risks we see most often among law firms and recommend a proportionate first step.