Security & Information Governance

Legal IT Insider Security Report: Beyond the perimeter – AI is rewriting the rules

Legal IT Insider Security Report: Beyond the perimeter – AI is rewriting the rules

In this seminal report from Legal IT Insider, our lead analyst Neil Cameron looks at how the security foundations of the law firm are being rewritten, as AI becomes embedded
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Epiq acquires data breach response tech company Canopy

Epiq acquires data breach response tech company Canopy

Epiq today (25 September) announced the acquisition of Canopy, a leading data breach response technology company. The acquisition enables organizations to manage cyber incidents more efficiently and accurately by combining
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Cyber Resilience Act reporting rules kick in – Are you CRA compliant?

Cyber Resilience Act reporting rules kick in – Are you CRA compliant?

The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) reaches a critical milestone tomorrow (11 September) as its incident reporting obligations officially take effect. Under the new framework, manufacturers, distributors and importers of
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Comment: What the Hugging Face investigations change

Comment: What the Hugging Face investigations change

By Neil Cameron, lead analyst, Legal IT Insider The audit the agents were afraid of did not exist. They attacked it anyway. On 26 August, OpenAI published a technical report
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SRA issues AI usage warning notice

SRA issues AI usage warning notice

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today (17 August) published a warning notice to remind law firms and solicitors of  their professional obligations when using AI, warning: “If you fail to have
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LexisNexis takes three products offline after ‘unusual activity’ on third-party servers

LexisNexis takes three products offline after ‘unusual activity’ on third-party servers

LexisNexis has taken three of its Nexis Solutions products offline after detecting what it describes as “unusual activity” on servers hosted and managed by a third-party vendor. The affected services
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Legaltech governance latest: New Akerman head, EU AI Act warning, & BARBRI AI adoption findings 

Legaltech governance latest: New Akerman head, EU AI Act warning, & BARBRI AI adoption findings 

AI governance and competency are firmly in the spotlight this week. Akerman has created a new AI governance leadership role, appointing Michael Adler; the property sector is warning about the
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Legal IT Insider Report: Beyond the perimeter – Security and risk in the age of legal AI

Legal IT Insider Report: Beyond the perimeter – Security and risk in the age of legal AI

See below for opportunities to advertise In a forthcoming report from Legal IT Insider, we examine how the security foundations of the law firm are being re‑written as AI becomes
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When AI crosses the line: Anthropic’s findings expose a deeper governance problem

When AI crosses the line: Anthropic’s findings expose a deeper governance problem

By Neil Cameron, Lead Analyst, Legal IT Insider On 24 July, writing about Hugging Face’s breach by an OpenAI bot, I said that the relevant unit of governance was not
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The latest Orange Rag Product Table – link here

The latest Orange Rag Product Table – link here

If 2024 was about GenAI experimentation and 2025 was about finding use cases, 2026 is the year of operationalisation, governance and control. Take a look at our product launch table
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Webinar: Six months on – Are law firms making progress on their biggest challenges?

Webinar: Six months on – Are law firms making progress on their biggest challenges?

OneAdvanced’s tenth annual Legal Trends Report at the start of 2026 raised five key challenges for the legal sector. Now we’re halfway through the year, has there been any progress
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Aderant achieves SOC 2 Type 2 for Onyx

Aderant achieves SOC 2 Type 2 for Onyx

Aderant today (30 March) announced the successful completion of its SOC 2 Type 2 examination for its outside counsel guideline solution Onyx. The examination, performed by independent CPA firm Schellman
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IWD online event sabotaged as organisers urge vigilance

IWD online event sabotaged as organisers urge vigilance

A legal sector International Women’s Day online event last week was sabotaged and explicit images shared on screen, leading to the event being canceled and the organisers warning others to
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Guest post: Clearview AI’s UK ruling – What it means for overseas data controllers

Guest post: Clearview AI’s UK ruling – What it means for overseas data controllers

Last year’s UK court decision involving Clearview AI, the US-based facial recognition company, has sparked widespread comment in the data protection community. Clearview AI, which collects billions of images to
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Webinar: Driving a compliance-first culture in an AI world

Webinar: Driving a compliance-first culture in an AI world

Join us for a webinar on 6 November at 3pm GMT/10am EST, where we will discuss practical modern-day compliance strategies and take a deep dive into the challenges law firms
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ICO fines Capita £14m for data breach and shares key findings around security failings

ICO fines Capita £14m for data breach and shares key findings around security failings

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of £14m to Capita for failing to ensure the security of personal data related to a breach in 2023 that saw
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Guest post: Cyber and the evolving complexity of those that threaten us

Guest post: Cyber and the evolving complexity of those that threaten us

Paul Martin from Ricoh shares some key takeaways from a meeting of legal industry IT leaders, discussing the latest security threats they are facing. Ricoh UK recently hosted the second
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