Security Management Software For Law Firms

Law firms are obligated to protect client confidentiality and as such must put measures in place, such as security management software, to ensure that any confidential client information cannot be disclosed to unauthorized individuals. In today’s world, where many endpoints are vulnerable as they are not up-to-date with the latest patches and configurations, and where removable media capable of storing significant amounts of data proliferates, IT departments in law firms have a significant challenge on their hands to ensure that sensitive data residing on their networks remains secure and uncompromised.

Security management software provides law firms with the highest level of endpoint security required, yet also provides the flexibility to use specific removable media when absolutely necessary. Security management software enables law firms to protect their clients’ information from being accessed via removable media, while still allowing its attorneys or law practitioners to connect digital dictation speech microphones and dictation foot pedals via USB drives. Now, a firm can rest assured that no such devices are connecting to the network except in cases where it is essential to provide removable media access, which can be done on a temporary time-limited basis.

Law firms’ IT departments are tasked with ensuring that all corporate machines are running all of the latest critical patches and that all machines are configured properly to ensure that business runs continuously and that client or firm data is not at risk of being exposed. They are also wary of enabling staff uncontrolled access to any applications for fear of inadvertently introducing malware, which could compromise firms’ IT systems. While anti-virus solutions have proven that they alone cannot properly defend against targeted attacks, security management software that employs a proactive approach has proven to protect endpoints and thus firms’ networks from malicious code.

Lumension’s security management software enables law firms to maintain the performance of their PCs and laptops and protects against threats targeting their databases containing confidential client information.

Lumension’s Security Management Software Protects Client Confidentiality at the Endpoint

Lumension’s security management software protects against threats targeting law firms by providing the necessary controls to manage the data flowing to and from network endpoints and by rapidly patching and remediating software and configuration vulnerabilities that could leave IT assets and client or firm data exposed. These solutions include:

• PatchLink Update™ - Proactive management of threats through automated collection, analysis, and delivery of patches (all major operating systems and applications) across heterogeneous networks.
   
• PatchLink Scan™ - Complete network-based scanning solution enables assessment and analysis of threats impacting all network devices.
   
• PatchLink Security Configuration Management™ - Out-of-the-box regulatory and standards-based assessment to ensure endpoints are properly configured.
   
• PatchLink Developers Kit™ - Create custom remediation packages to address configuration issues, remove unauthorized files and applications, address Zero-day threats, patch custom software and more.
   
• PatchLink Enterprise Reporting™ - Robust data warehouse that enables easy creation and sharing of reports on all aspects of your remediation efforts in support of policy compliance.
   
• Sanctuary® Application Control - Policy-based enforcement of application use to secure your endpoints from malware, spyware and unwanted or unlicensed software.
   
• Sanctuary® Device Control - Policy-based enforcement of removable device use to control the flow of inbound and outbound data from your endpoints.

Lumension’s Security Management Software Helps Law Firms to:

• Safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of client and case information
  • Remove the risk of client and case information from being improperly disclosed
  • Prove adherence to strict confidentiality by providing a detailed audit trail of all device and application execution attempts, by tracking data that is copied to and from removable devices and by controlling what data is allowed to be copied to a device at the file level
  • Patch and remediate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited to access sensitive data
  • Control and monitor the flow of inbound and outbound data
  • Identify organizational security holes in the protection of client and case information through comprehensive auditing capabilities
  • Prevent trojans, keyloggers or spyware from “snooping” or stealing sensitive data
     
• Prevent malware and zero-day threats originating at an endpoint
  • Protect against network security breaches where client, firm and case data could be exposed to fraud
  • Enable the transmission, integrity, confidentiality and retention of sensitive data without disruption, corruption or loss
     
• Improve IT system performance
  • Prevent unwanted desktop applications and devices from burdening network bandwidth
  • Enable faster computing resources on network, laptops and desktop PCs
  • Maintain desktop PCs’ performance as new with configurations remaining stable
  • Enable transaction and order processing systems to run without impediment
     
• Reduce endpoint security TCO
  • Remediate vulnerabilities more quickly and with fewer required resources
  • Minimize security or compliance crisis response
     
• Improve attorney productivity
  • Block unwanted, non-business desktop applications
  • Enforce policy to ensure endpoints run as expected
     
• Enforce software license compliance within the organization