With an IQ of 197, Walter “Scorpion” O’Brien has the fifth highest intelligence in the world. After hacking into NASA on a lark, O’Brien was offered a job as a government contractor solving for high-level cybersecurity risks. Tune in for simple tips to minimize cyber threats for your small business.

Information is a significant asset to any business. Often it is also subject to regulatory and privacy requirements. In short, it must be protected, including during litigation. There are potential security vulnerabilities whenever data is sent outside the company to a law firm, expert or service provider. These vulnerabilities must and can be guarded against.

One of the top strategies for containing costs without sacrificing effectiveness is working remotely. Simply by using online meetings with screen sharing, important tasks during the Identification, Preservation and Collection stages of an eDiscovery project can be performed without incurring travel expenses or unduly disrupting the client’s business.

In late February 2017, a number of large websites across the internet abruptly went down. Community-question-site Quora crashed, as did product management tool Trello, and Amazon's artificial intelligence assistant Alexa also struggled.

Stay up-to-date with section happenings: take a look at this quarter's message from the E-Discovery, Information Governance & Cybersecurity Section chair, Ray Biederman.
 

Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber-attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history.

Effective December 1, electronic records can be put into evidence in federal court cases by means of a written certification of “authentication by a process of digital identification.” Parties will be able to take advantage of the cost- and time-saving benefits of amended Federal Rule of Evidence 902 if they can demonstrate that the copy is identical to the original.

Amended Federal Rule of Evidence 902, set to go into effect on December 1, creates a mechanism to authenticate digital evidence by means of a certification by a qualified person instead of by live testimony.

The IndyBar has some updates that you may want to share with your section members or colleagues. Please note: some of these opportunities have fast-approaching deadlines.

If an employee does leave, issues can be investigated and addressed in a timely manner. A set of exit procedures may include some combination of the following actions.