Law firms are taken It and cyber security a lot more seriously in 2025. Attacks on small businesses are growing and everything from your website to your social media profiles and even your data is valuable to someone else. You have to protect yourself and your clients. Unfortunately, there is no way to give yourself 100% protection, even with a full-time IT team on-site. 

The good news is that you can still do things that offer you a lot of protection and significantly reduce your chances of being attacked as well as potentially lose the battle. Law firms and attorneys have to protect sensitive and confidential data. Because of that, there are more and more regulations implemented each year. 

IT Tips For Attorneys 

While your primary focus for 2025 may be to get more clients and grow your business, you do need to focus on how you can protect it at the same time. Working with an IT management team is always the recommended option and they can go over recommendations like: 

• Focus on password strength for everything:A complicated password can drastically reduce the chances of your accounts getting hacked. Use symbols, numbers and change them regularly. 
• Secure Wi-Fi is always best: WPA3 encryption and avoiding public WiFi are always highly recommended for use on your computer, laptop, tablet, phone or anything else. 
• Back up data: Protecting your data is important but so is backing it up. Even if it costs more, invest in another repository where you can safely store data. 
• Update software: Updates will usually include improved security measures based on new waves of threats. 
• Do not share access or passwords: It may be easy between multiple computers and offices to share passwords and access but it’s never ideal. The more you can secure your passwords and access to your devices, the less you have to concern yourself with threats. It’s not always because someone may access your device. People make mistakes and someone using your computer may open the wrong file or click the wrong link and leave you vulnerable to attacks. 

Cyber security should always be a primary focus of any law firm or attorney. Yes, there are regulations that must be followed but taking additional steps will give you the best chance to not only prevent attacks, but beat them. Work with your IT team and remember to reinforce them with what they need to protect your business.