Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) USA, a global legal association representing more than 42,000 in-house counsel in 85 countries, today announced the release of safety guidelines for outside counsel who have access to sensitive company data as part of their engagements with corporate law departments
The guidelines, "Model Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel Possessing Company Confidential Information," will serve as a benchmark for law firm cyber security practices.
Encompassing information retention/return/destruction, data handling and encryption, data breach reporting, physical security, employee background screening, and cyber liability insurance, the model requirements are based on ACC members' experience, past data security audits, and learned best practices in ensuring that sensitive client data remains confidential.
Many corporate law departments conduct data security audits when they retain a new law firm, a responsibility increasingly held by corporate legal operations professionals that manage outside counsel relationships.
I have embedded copy of the Model Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel Possessing Company Confidential Information document below.
Please email at Prakash@thesecureplanet.com if you require PDF copy of it.
The guidelines, "Model Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel Possessing Company Confidential Information," will serve as a benchmark for law firm cyber security practices.
Encompassing information retention/return/destruction, data handling and encryption, data breach reporting, physical security, employee background screening, and cyber liability insurance, the model requirements are based on ACC members' experience, past data security audits, and learned best practices in ensuring that sensitive client data remains confidential.
Many corporate law departments conduct data security audits when they retain a new law firm, a responsibility increasingly held by corporate legal operations professionals that manage outside counsel relationships.
I have embedded copy of the Model Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel Possessing Company Confidential Information document below.
Please email at Prakash@thesecureplanet.com if you require PDF copy of it.
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