One of my passions is Cybersecurity, especially in the context of electronic discovery. I am focused on safeguarding the electronic data of the clients of my law firm. There are many black hat hackers out there, and even foreign governments, that hack into the computers of U.S. corporations and law firms every day. The dangers addressed by cybersecurity are very real and growing every day. Here are a few of my personal favorite videos on the subject. The video content does not necessarily reflect my own opinions, or that of Jackson Lewis P.C., but I think you will find them interesting and of worthwhile educational value. We do not endorse any of the companies or institutions behind these freely available YouTube videos:

Cyber Threats & Safeguards to Protect you against Attacks. A well done introductory instructional video by Mindset Learn. It explores various common cyber threats and how to protect yourself against these attacks.

Rethinking Cyber Security Strategy, panel discussion by experts from MIT, Palo Alto Networks, Elastica, Vidder and Cisco at the Rethink Technology conference in 2013. The Cisco expert, Dan Kent, states that over $20 Billion was spent on Cybersecurity is U.S. in 2012; half of that was by the public sector. He also notes than on average malware exists on networks for just over 30 days before detection.

Richard Ledgett: The NSA responds to Edward Snowden’s TED Talk. Hear the government’s reply to Snowden’s 2014 TED Talk Here’s How We Take Back the Internet.

Parting Questions to serve as food for thought:

When is the last time you had your computer systems penetration tested by a cybersecurity professional?

Did the tests include phishing emails?

When is the last time you required all of your employees to receive cybersecurity training, especially on phishing?

After the training, did you follow-up with more tests, including phishing, and did the follow-up include employee warnings and discipline where appropriate? (20% of the work force typically accounts for 80% of the data breaches by phishing, and that most of the 20% repeat offenders are in the lower ranks of an organization’s white collar employees. Employers can no longer afford the risk of that kind of employee negligence.)