Your clients trust you with their most sensitive information, and attackers know it. We protect client files, email and the AI tools your attorneys already use, wherever your people work, so confidentiality holds up in practice, not just in your engagement letter.
A spoofed or hijacked email with new wiring instructions arrives right when a closing or settlement payment is due, and the money is gone before anyone calls to check.
We monitor every mailbox 24/7 for signs of a takeover, such as new forwarding rules or sign-ins from unusual places, and help you contain a compromised account fast.
Learn more about EDR / MDR →Attorneys and paralegals work from home, court and the road, so client files sync to devices and home networks nobody at the firm can see.
Zero trust access lets your team reach the document management system only from managed, healthy devices, and only the matters they should see.
Learn more about Zero trust access →Associates paste drafts and client facts into free AI tools to save time, without knowing where that information goes or who can see it.
Shadow AI discovery shows which AI tools your people actually use, so you can approve the right ones and block the rest.
Learn more about Shadow AI discovery →Most firms have no security staff, and an attack that starts on a Friday night can run all weekend before anyone notices.
Our security operations team monitors your accounts and devices around the clock and escalates real threats to you right away.
Learn more about SOC as a service →Research databases, court e-filing and vendor portals run on shared logins, and departing attorneys sometimes keep access for months.
A business password manager gives each person their own vaulted credentials, and access is removed the day someone leaves.
Learn more about Password and identity management →Corporate clients now run third-party risk assessments on your firm before they send work, while e-discovery, cloud storage and practice software vendors hold client data of their own.
We assess the vendors that touch client data, and prepare your firm to pass the security reviews your clients send.
Learn more about Third-party risk assessment →Attorneys open client files from home, court and the road. Zero trust checks the person, the device and the request every time, so a stolen password or a lost laptop doesn't open the whole document system.
For most firms, the biggest risk to client confidentiality isn’t a stolen filing cabinet. It’s a phished password, a laptop left in a rideshare, or a well-meaning associate pasting a draft brief into a free AI tool. The duty hasn’t changed. Where the information lives, and how many ways it can leak, has.
That’s especially true once your attorneys work outside the office. Client files sync to home laptops. Partners approve wires from their phones. Paralegals log in from home networks shared with family devices. Every one of those is a door, and a small firm rarely has anyone watching them.
Protect every mailbox. Business email compromise is the attack law firms feel most often. We enforce multi-factor authentication on every account, tighten email filtering against lookalike domains, and monitor for the quiet signs of a hijacked mailbox, like new forwarding rules or sign-ins from unusual places.
Lock down devices, wherever they are. Every laptop that touches client data gets managed endpoint detection and response, encryption and automatic patching, watched 24/7 by our analysts. If a device is lost, it can be locked and wiped remotely.
Control access to client files. Zero trust access means people reach your document management and practice software only from verified, healthy devices, and only the matters they should see.
Govern AI before it governs you. Your people are already using AI tools. Shadow AI discovery shows you which ones, help you approve the right ones with the right data settings, and give you a written AI policy that reflects your confidentiality duties.
Be ready when something goes wrong. With incident response support you get a plan, a team that answers when you call, and a clear record of what was done, which matters for notification decisions and for your malpractice carrier.
You don’t need an in-house security team to put strong protections in place. We deliver it remotely, in plain English, at a per-user price. Start with your free security score to see where your firm stands, or book a free cyber risk analysis and we’ll walk through it together.
Last reviewed October 11, 2026. General information, not legal advice. Upfortify provides security services and readiness support. We are not an auditor, assessor, certification body or law firm.
24/7 detection and response on every attorney's laptop and mailbox, so a compromised account can be contained quickly, before it spreads to client files.
Short, legal-specific training and phishing tests built around wire fraud, fake court notices and opposing-counsel impersonation.
Attorneys reach the document management system and practice software from anywhere, but only from healthy, verified devices.
Stops client files from leaving through personal email, USB drives or unapproved file sharing.
Shows which AI tools your attorneys and staff actually use, and which ones touch client data.
An AI policy and approved-tool list that lines up with your confidentiality duties and ABA guidance on generative AI.
ABA Model Rule 1.6(c) requires lawyers to make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, client information, and the duty of competence includes understanding the benefits and risks of relevant technology (Comment 8 to Rule 1.1). ABA Formal Opinion 477R applies those duties to how firms transmit client information. Your state bar's version of the rules is the one that applies to you.
ABA Formal Opinion 512 says lawyers using generative AI must protect client confidentiality, understand how the tool handles what they enter, and in some cases get informed client consent. In practice that means an approved list of tools with the right data settings, a written policy, and visibility into which tools people are actually using.
It takes layers: multi-factor authentication on every mailbox, email filtering that catches lookalike domains, monitoring that flags suspicious inbox rules, and a firm policy that wiring instructions are always confirmed by phone using a number you already have. We set up the technical layers and train staff on the process.
Yes. We secure the accounts, devices and access around the tools you already use, including cloud document management and practice management platforms. We don't replace your software. We make sure only the right people, on healthy devices, can reach it.
Yes. Once the controls are in place, we help you document them so you can answer client questionnaires and insurer applications accurately. We support your answers with real configurations, not promises.
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