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Data Breach and Cyber Attacks: Proactive Prevention & Effective Responses

In today’s tech-driven landscape, data has become “the world’s most valuable resource,” making law firms prime targets for cyber criminals. A data breach can have devastating consequences, but proactive prevention and a well-practiced response can make all the difference. Learn essential strategies for safeguarding sensitive information, responding effectively to cyber incidents, and protect you and your firm from becoming the next headline.

Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Chair:

Haroon Hassan, Barrister & Mediator, List G Barristers; Recommended Technology, Media & Telecommunications Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2023

Description

Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills  
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

Practice Management and Business Skills
1.00pm to 2.00pm Data Breach and Cyber Attacks: Proactive Prevention & Effective Responses

 

  • Prevalence of data breaches and cyber-attacks involving Australian companies and law firms in particular
  • The legal framework obliging law firms to take a considered approach to data collection, storage and security
  • Data breach or cyber-attack: What is the typical legal and commercial exposure?
  • Is my firm insured for data breach and cyber-attack?
  • What to do in anticipation of a data breach or cyber-attack, the elements of a data breach response plan
  • Case Study: HWL Ebsworth Cyber Security Incident 

Presented by Mark Vincent, Principal, Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers Pty Limited

Presenters

Haroon Hassan, Barrister & Mediator, List G Barristers
Haroon is an experienced and effective advocate. He works collaboratively with his instructors and clients to achieve their goals. He is often briefed to appear in superior courts and specialist tribunals in complex, sensitive and high-profile litigation. His clients include publicly listed corporations, governments, statutory authorities as well as private companies and individuals. He has acted for clients in trials, appeals, royal commissions, statutory inquiries, parliamentary inquiries, compulsory examinations and regulatory investigations. He is a nationally accredited mediator and welcomes briefs to mediate disputes in his areas of practice.

Mark Vincent, Principal, Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers Pty Limited
Mark is a Principal at Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers with more than three decades of experience in technology and intellectual property law. Mark litigates intellectual disputes and his advice on licensing, commercialisation, data protection, intellectual property law and strategy also provides clients with clarity and direction, often in complex areas of both law and technology. Mark advises clients on strategies to manage, commercialise and protect data assets. Mark’s expertise in the area of technology based commercial agreements, cloud computing and data protection is highly sought after by clients.

Ethics, Professional Skills & Practice Management, Over Lunch, Over 3 Weeks

Tight on time but need those CPD points by 31 March? These three concise, one-hour sessions - accessible online or as a recording- offer you a chance to tackle your compulsory ethics, practice management, and professional skills. Tune in over lunch and tick off your requirements with ease as you unpack the ethics of for AI use, receive best practice tips for robust data breach and cyber-attack prevention and master the art of influencing and negotiation.

Description

Attend the full series and earn 3 CPD units including: 
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility 
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

 

If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.

 

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NSW Criminal Law Bundle

Get 12 CPD Points for the Price of 10!

Unlock three bestselling criminal law programs, delivered live online for your convenience. Learn essential strategies for safeguarding sensitive information, responding effectively to cyber incidents, and protect you and your firm from becoming the next headline with the Data Breach and Cyber Attacks: Proactive Prevention & Effective Responses recording. Then join us at the Criminal Law Conference 2025, where you will gain practical insights from the Judiciary on navigating the Drug Court, coercive control offences, and the new Bail Act amendments. Lastly, sharpen your edge on all things forensic evidence with the Navigating Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law Matters webinar.

 

Description

Attend and earn 12 CPD units including: 
5 units in Substantive Law 
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills  
5 units in Professional Skills
This program is based on NSW legislation

 

Register for this session only

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Unlock three bestselling criminal law programs, delivered live online for your convenience. Learn essential strategies for safeguarding sensitive information, responding effectively to cyber incidents, and protect you and your firm from becoming the next headline with the Data Breach and Cyber Attacks: Proactive Prevention & Effective Responses recording. Then join us at the Criminal Law Conference 2025, where you will gain practical insights from the Judiciary on navigating the Drug Court, coercive control offences, and the new Bail Act amendments. Lastly, sharpen your edge on all things forensic evidence with the Navigating Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law Matters webinar.

 

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Unlock three bestselling criminal law programs, delivered live online for your convenience. Learn essential strategies for safeguarding sensitive information, responding effectively to cyber incidents, and protect you and your firm from becoming the next headline with the Data Breach and Cyber Attacks: Proactive Prevention & Effective Responses recording. Then join us at the Criminal Law Conference 2025, where you will gain practical insights from the Judiciary on navigating the Drug Court, coercive control offences, and the new Bail Act amendments. Lastly, sharpen your edge on all things forensic evidence with the Navigating Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law Matters webinar.

 

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Unlock three bestselling criminal law programs, delivered live online for your convenience. Learn essential strategies for safeguarding sensitive information, responding effectively to cyber incidents, and protect you and your firm from becoming the next headline with the Data Breach and Cyber Attacks: Proactive Prevention & Effective Responses recording. Then join us at the Criminal Law Conference 2025, where you will gain practical insights from the Judiciary on navigating the Drug Court, coercive control offences, and the new Bail Act amendments. Lastly, sharpen your edge on all things forensic evidence with the Navigating Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law Matters webinar.

 

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Unlock three bestselling criminal law programs, delivered live online for your convenience. Learn essential strategies for safeguarding sensitive information, responding effectively to cyber incidents, and protect you and your firm from becoming the next headline with the Data Breach and Cyber Attacks: Proactive Prevention & Effective Responses recording. Then join us at the Criminal Law Conference 2025, where you will gain practical insights from the Judiciary on navigating the Drug Court, coercive control offences, and the new Bail Act amendments. Lastly, sharpen your edge on all things forensic evidence with the Navigating Forensic Evidence in Criminal Law Matters webinar.

 

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