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The National Cyber Security Centre (a part of GCHQ) introduced the Cyber Essentials scheme as part of its mission to make the UK the safest place to do business online, and to offer businesses a simple and affordable way to tackle cyber security. IASME is the Government's Cyber Essentials partner, and responsible for delivering the scheme, with a network of over 260 Certification Bodies who are located all around the UK and Crown Dependencies. The Cyber Essentials controls help guard against the most common cyber security threats and certification demonstrates your commitment to cyber security.
The National Centre for Cyber Security (NCSC) has identified the legal sector as a top target for cyber criminals. According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), £11 million was stolen by cyber criminals last year. Fraudsters are now taking advantage of new vulnerabilities in systems introduced with the remote working revolution due to COVID. As a result, every law firm now needs to take cyber security more seriously than ever before. Rowlinsons Solicitors is a 60 strong award-winning legal firm based across two sites in Cheshire. The Rowlinsons team uses Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation to ensure they mitigate the risk of fraud, offering clients as much peace of mind as possible through the rigorous assessment and certification of the security of their IT systems.
In a recent interview with IASME, Chairman of the Solicitors Sole Practitioners Group, Penny Raby speaks about adaptations during lockdown and why sole practitioners are more vulnerable to cyber-crime. The Solicitors Sole Practitioners Group is a not-for-profit representative body and independent stakeholder group, providing professional and pastoral support, training and regulatory representation on behalf of all Sole Practitioner solicitors in England and Wales. Sole practitioners represent over one third of all solicitor firms in the UK.
Lawyer Checker is partnering with the lawyer referral scheme Lawshare on Tuesday 13th July at 10am to host a Cyber Security Prevention webinar. Since the global pandemic, the huge adaption to home and hybrid working has unfortunately coupled with a further growth in cyber-criminal threat. Lawyer Checker has tracked a worrying 147% rise in alerts form the Solicitors Regulation Authority when comparing data from January-March 2020 to the same time this year. With this in mind, it has never been more important for lawyers and solicitors to ensure protective measures are put in place for the cyber security of their firm.
The firm said that the incident "has been confined to a very small part of its data store". The legal and professional services group said it is “currently managing a cyber security incident” after discovering an intrusion into its system. The firm said in a statement on the London Stock Exchange that the intrusion was “quickly identified” by its IT team which acted immediately to secure its systems.
