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LAN Security for the Legal Profession

The legal industry is evolving. Firms have become global, with multinational clients and offices around the world. Information technology is now a key factor in a firms success. Lawyers depend on their network for client communications, access to case information, to collaborate with colleagues, and to account for their time. The profession generates a tremendous amount of digital data in the form of contracts, court filings, exhibits, briefs, and traditional office activity such as e-mail. In today’s competitive environment, law firms cannot afford to have their LAN compromised, impacting key engagements.

To get the most out of each attorney’s billable hours, IT must deliver holistic LAN security that is effective but transparent so that it does not affect the firm's daily operations.

Law firms must evaluate solutions that will provide them with complete LAN security. The chosen product should be simple to use, manage. and deploy. In addition to a product that is scalable and cost-effective, law firms should focus on a holistic solution.

Key features of a holistic LAN security solution

• Network Admission Control (NAC) - user authentication and posture validation
• Layer 7 visibility - ties all traffic to user for efficient incident response and reporting
• Identity-based control - role-based provisioning (separate access policies for lawyers vs. staff vs. guests)
• Threat control  - zero-hour worm containment

Key projects ConSentry can help address

• Allow attorney and guest access to the Internet without scanning guest’s laptop to avoid the ramifications of scanning the laptop of an opposition lawyer
• Ensure only compliant devices get on the non-quarantined LAN, with third-party or dissolvable agents for posture check
• Provide differentiated LAN access for partners vs. associates vs. other law firm personnel
• Enable shared-use of networked PCs while ensuring that staff can access only the legal data appropriate to their role
• Stop worm outbreaks, maintaining network availability and case work continuity
• Deploy Network Admission Control (NAC) without a switch upgrade

ConSentry's LANShield Controller enabled MWE to deliver differentiated access rights to attorneys and guests so only required applications and resources can be accessed.

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