Aug 23, 2024
The introduction of minimum cyber security standards in Victoria
earlier this year reinforces the fact that educating one’s
workforce and implementing optimal frameworks to prevent breaches
and attacks is not just good practice – it goes to the heart of
one’s professional duties as a lawyer.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
welcomes back Law & Cyber principal Simone Herbert-Lowe to discuss
her interest and background in practising cyber security, the
introduction by the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner
of minimum cyber security standards and why the standards were
brought in, what it means for practitioners in the Garden State and
what practitioners in other state and territory jurisdictions
should glean from the standards.
Herbert-Lowe also delves into the extent to which upholding certain
standards regarding cyber security is at the forefront of lawyers’
minds, the expansion of the remit of professional obligations for
lawyers, the potential penalties for lawyers who breach standards
or civil liability obligations, what lawyers must do in order to
ensure best practice and avoid disciplinary findings, and the need
for constant vigilance rather than employing a “set and forget”
attitude.
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