Key Considerations

• Reducing the probability of malicious and virus attacks on corporate laptops & desktops
• Decreasing server security risks by managing and controlling user permissions based upon role-based account access and segregation of responsibilities
• Restricting the use of applications that create security risks
• Eliminating security risks by providing administrative rights to Windows applications and processes rather than allowing full administrative rights to end users
• Managing remote and mobile endpoints so they are in full compliance with corporate policies
• Auditing and validating activity on sensitive business applications
• Monitoring privileged users who are enforcing policy rules

One of a law firm’s greatest assets – its reputation – can easily be threatened by the possibility of an IT security breach that ruins a deal or embarrasses a client. Unfortunately this is all too often a reality as a large proportion of law firms have lost clients or damaged their client relationships as a result of digital security breaches such as email misuse, undetected computer viruses or hackers. Law firms are also held to a higher standard they must create for their clients – as many firms are defending clients against suits that have arisen as a result of IT security breaches.

The IT professionals who support law firms have multiple challenges. Managing remote offices, mobile workers and attorneys while dealing with the pressure of having to be able to respond nearly instantaneously to all IT requests. For law firms the accurate and secure flow of information is your business. If that information is compromised in any way or falls into the wrong hands, the outcome can be disastrous for the firm. All the more reason to add layers of IT security protection to better secure your endpoints.

Moving to a least privileges environment should be strongly considered. The added layer of protection offered by locking down desktops further protects firms from unwanted incidents and should be implemented using a privilege management system to balance the rigidity of locking down end points with the needs of end user business productivity. It provides security and operations professionals with a method for securing the end-point by elevating privileges at the application level, or for desktop functions, rather than providing total administrative privileges. Systems are less at risk without sacrificing user productivity or increasing support call volume, offering a cost effective approach to providing secure and productive desktop computing environments.

Learn more about the Viewfinity Privilege Management product.

• Lathrop & Gage (read the case study)
• Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
• Mateer Harbert
• Faloni & Associates
• McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland