Corporations Want Law Firms to Step Up Their Cybersecurity Game

Companies go to great lengths to protect their data, but they may be ignoring a security soft spot—the information they provide to outside legal counsel.

A group of corporate legal executives is trying to mitigate the risk of future data breaches. Gary Tully, director of legal operations for Gilead Sciences, is one of those leading the initiative.

The first step is adopting an assessment tool that will score a law firm’s security while giving companies a common baseline for comparison. Widespread use could make the rating as valuable as a FICO score for credit, Tully said.

In-house legal departments have ...