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The need to protect sensitive business and personal data made the legal industry one of the earliest adopters of Managed Detection and Response technologies, and eSentire's Legal Industry Threat Intelligence Spotlight draws upon the anonymized network traffic from the dozens of law firms within eSentire's 650-plus customer base.

Mark Sangster, VP and Industry Security Strategist, eSentire said: "One key finding from the report reveals that 46% of legal organizations will experience a cybersecurity incident within the next 12 months. This high incident rate occurs even as law firms continue to improve their overall cybersecurity hygiene and are considered one of the more mature industries in protecting client assets from cyber criminals. This improved posture has resulted in firms having a lower incident rate for nuisance cyberattacks when compared to other industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing and energy."

This trend comes at a time when ILTA research shows that while firms are beginning to embrace emerging technologies, funding for security and general employee training is starting to wane. This combination is especially dangerous as cyber criminals are increasingly using exploitations focused on internal systems and cloud services. A fundamental lack of employee training leaves firms vulnerable to exploits and breaches caused by unintentional user errors, misconfiguration of security and privacy controls, and exploitation through phishing campaigns and fake invoices.

Joy Rush, CEO, ILTA said: "The more legal professionals know about the cyberthreats targeting the legal industry, the better decisions they are able to make about their cybersecurity priorities. By publishing anonymized, cybersecurity incident data from legal organizations, reports like the Threat Intelligence Spotlight on the Legal Industry have helped to create invaluable resources for any legal professional concerned about cybersecurity."

Additional findings from the Threat Intelligence Spotlight on the Legal Industry include:

- Almost 20% of IT assets in law firms are susceptible to being exploited by a high or critical severity vulnerability

- Top internal threats come from email or drive-by downloads, with unique lures that mimic Adobe Cloud services and American Express credit products that cater to high net-worth individuals and frequent travelers

- MalDocs remain dangerous by leveraging Microsoft macros to deliver malware that collects credentials, logs keyboard inputs and captures screenshots

The power of predictive cyber threat technology

The WannaCry ransomware infected hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries. Organizations impacted include The UK National Health Service (impacting hospital computers, MRI scanners and blood-storage refrigerators), Nissan Motor Manufacturing, Renault (both stopped production at several sites in an attempt to stop the spread of the ransomware), Spain's Telefonica, FedEx and Deutsche Bahn.

While WannaCry's impact was unprecedented, Samide's clients were safe. The Zero Day Live platform's predictive technology identified Wannacry 15 days before it hit and secured their clients' systems. "Zero Day Live" also uncovered LockerGoga 46 days before the ransomware shut down aluminium manufacturer Norsk Hydro, causing the firm to lose $69MM dealing with the breach.

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