Security? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Security!

Link: Excite News - Record Data Breaches in 2007, Groups Say. Privacy is dead,  and the more data that is stored electronically, the more likely it is that it will be stolen. This fact is a two-edged sword for attorneys. On the one hand, access to data is being helped by former hackers who are intimately familiar with the computer systems that store information. Lawyers hire ED companies to examine computers and drives for forensic evidence. On the  other hand, lawyers deal with confidential data that requires confidentiality, and the science behind data storage has passed far beyond most lawyers' understanding. We simply must rely on  IT types to assure us that our data is secure, and that makes us very uncomfortable. It is a scary world out there. Welcome to the new year.