The legal conference organiser Netlaw Media is running its European Legal Security Forum in London on Tuesday, July 12. The full-day conference and exhibition, at 155 Bishopsgate, is aimed at executives from the worlds of law and legal technology.
Edward Lucas, senior editor at The Economist, is the latest speaker to be confirmed. Lucas has written several books, including “The Snowden Operation” and “Cyberphobia”, which focuses on security, identity, privacy and anonymity in the digital age. The forum will host an onsite book signing of his latest publication.
Other confirmed speakers include IT security veteran Graham Cluley − who will also chair the event and deliver its keynote presentation; Raj Samani, EMEA chief technology officer for Intel Security; and Simon Rice, group manager (technology) at the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), th data protection watchdog.
The forum will comprise 20 presentations and panel discussions, spread across two stages. Speakers and panel members will cover data security, data regulations, technology and security, and IT, risk and security at domestic and global law firms operating in the UK. More than 20 leading security-related suppliers, who offer security solutions to law firms and legal businesses, will also be exhibiting at the Forum.
Frances Armstrong, Netlaw Media’s UK & EMEA Managing Director, said: “We began planning The European Legal Security Forum long before the Panama Papers story broke, because our advisory panel had warned us that cyber criminals see law firms as soft targets for stealing sensitive corporate data − how accurate that warning has proved to be. As we put together our programme, it became clear that delivering law firm data security involves a complex mix of defensive technologies, management buy-in and regulatory compliance. We hope delegates attending our Forum will leave the event much better informed about how they can better protect their clients’ − and their own − data.”
With data security high on many law firms’ agendas following the recent “Panama Papers” revelations, say organisers, the forum will take a holistic approach to exploring this issue. Several of the presentations will provide an overview of the data security challenges now facing all data-dependent business, and the technologies which can help firms minimise their risk exposure. By contrast, other presentations will focus on the specific operational challenges of delivering data security within law firms, at board level and in relation to specific functions and widely-used technologies. And, recognising that future data breaches involving legal practices are all-but inevitable, several presentations will explore firms’ various post-event mitigation options. Domestic and cross-border data compliance issues will also be discussed.
