Ransomware Readiness Checklist for Law Firms

A practical checklist to reduce ransomware risk, prevent wire fraud, and protect attorney-client privilege—without slowing attorneys down.

Why law firms get hit

Law firms are high-value targets: confidential documents, settlement details, wire instructions, and fast-moving deadlines. Attackers know even a short outage can force tough decisions.

The checklist (quick wins first)

1. MFA everywhere (email, VPN/remote access, admin portals, cloud apps).
2. Separate admin accounts + least privilege. No daily work on admin creds.
3. Lock down email: phishing filters, safe links/attachments, and mailbox monitoring.
4. Endpoint hardening: EDR + weekly patching for OS/browsers/PDF tools.
5. Secure document access: limit shared links, require sign-in, enforce retention.
6. Wire fraud controls: out-of-band verification + internal approvals.
7. Backups that restore: immutable + test restores, not “set it and forget it.”
8. Incident plan: who decides, what gets shut down, what restores first.

Fast reality check

If you’re a Raleigh/Wake Forest law firm, we’ll do a free 20-minute risk check and show you the top gaps (if any) that commonly lead to ransomware or wire fraud.

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