Law firms guard some of the most sensitive information in business; privileged communications, litigation strategy, corporate transactions, and personal client data. UIT delivers managed IT that treats data protection and ethical compliance as daily operations, not annual projects.
From ABA technology competence requirements to Massachusetts data security regulations, we embed the controls your bar rules and clients expect into the technology your firm relies on every day.
Privilege-aware security
Every control we deploy respects attorney-client privilege and work-product protections, keeping confidential matter data segregated and access auditable.
Ethical compliance built in
With PointGuard and vCISO services, the safeguards your bar rules require are maintained as part of daily operations, not assembled before an audit.
One partner, clear accountability
Named engineers, a responsive service desk, and executive escalation paths so your managing partners always know who owns the outcome.
Bar ethics rules now mandate technology competence and reasonable data safeguards. Cyber insurers and corporate clients enforce their own standards. Meanwhile, threat actors are targeting law firms more aggressively than ever. These are the challenges we hear most from firm leadership.
Law firms hold privileged communications, litigation strategy, M&A details, and personally identifiable information for thousands of clients. A single breach exposes the firm to malpractice claims, bar disciplinary proceedings, and the kind of reputational damage that drives clients to competing counsel.
Ransomware attacks on law firms have increased in recent years, and public disclosures show millions of records impacted across confirmed incidents. Attackers know that legal files contain the most sensitive data their corporate clients possess and that deadline-driven firms face enormous pressure to pay ransoms rather than miss court dates.
Partners working from home, associates at satellite offices, and contract attorneys logging in from anywhere create inconsistent security postures. Every unsecured connection or unmanaged device is another way privileged information can leak.
When your document management system, email, cloud storage, and network are each handled by different providers, security gaps fall between contracts. During an incident, the finger-pointing starts while privileged data remains exposed.
Each solution maps directly to a challenge. We built our legal IT practice around closing the gaps that create ethical, security, and operational risk for firms.
Access controls, encryption, and audit logging designed around the reality that law firm data carries legal privilege. We segment matter data, enforce least-privilege access, and maintain the chain-of-custody documentation your ethics obligations demand.
Endpoint detection and response, email security, vulnerability management, and 24/7 monitoring calibrated for the social engineering and ransomware campaigns that single out law firms. With PointGuard, we detect and contain threats before they reach client files.
Standardized configurations, centralized monitoring, and zero-trust access whether attorneys are at headquarters, a branch office, or working remotely. One security baseline across the firm so no location becomes the weak link.
Security controls, written information security programs, and evidence collection are maintained continuously through our vCISO and PointGuard services. When your malpractice insurer or bar auditor asks for documentation, it already exists.
Technology competence is now an explicit ethical expectation in many jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, and the ABA Model Rules address. Massachusetts has adopted revised rules that impose affirmative data security duties, and corporate clients enforce their own standards through outside counsel guidelines. UIT embeds the technical controls these requirements demand into your IT and cybersecurity operations every day.
Rules 1.1, 1.6(c), 5.1 & 5.3
Rule 1.1 Comment [8] explains that, to maintain competence, a lawyer should keep abreast of changes in law and practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology. Rule 1.6(c) mandates reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to client information. Rule 5.3 requires reasonable efforts to ensure nonlawyers (including outside service providers) act in a way compatible with lawyers’ professional obligations. UIT operates your environment against these obligations continuously, from access controls and encryption to vendor oversight and incident response, so your attorneys can demonstrate the reasonable efforts these rules demand.
SJC Rule 3:07 - Technology & data security provisions
Massachusetts adopted revised Rules of Professional Conduct that impose affirmative technology and data security obligations on lawyers. Rule 1.1 Comment 8 now includes technology competence. Rule 1.6(c) requires reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosure of client information. Rule 5.3 addresses responsibilities for nonlawyer assistance, including situations involving outside nonlawyer service providers, and expects lawyers to manage/monitor those relationships appropriately. UIT helps Massachusetts firms meet these obligations through the technical safeguards, documentation, and vendor management practices the rules contemplate.
201 CMR 17.00 (M.G.L. c. 93H)
Massachusetts law requires any entity holding personal information of Massachusetts residents to maintain a comprehensive Written Information Security Program (WISP) with administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. For law firms, this means documented access controls, encryption of personal data on portable devices and public networks, secure authentication, monitoring, and third-party oversight. UIT implements and maintains these controls as part of daily operations, keeping your WISP current and enforceable.
Outside counsel guidelines & cyber insurance standards
Corporate clients increasingly require their outside counsel to meet specific cybersecurity standards through outside counsel guidelines and security questionnaires. Cyber liability insurers set their own control baselines for coverage eligibility. UIT maintains the technical controls, from MFA and endpoint protection to incident response plans and access reviews, that satisfy both client mandates and insurer expectations without requiring your attorneys to become security specialists.
SOC 2 Type II Readiness
Trust services criteria for firms handling sensitive client data
State Data Breach Notification Laws
Compliance with Massachusetts and multi-state breach reporting obligations
