Legal Plus Masterclass Series (Live Web Forum): Cybersecurity and the Legal Practitioner
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Hong Kong Local Time (GMT+8)
March 29, 2022
2:30 pm - 5:45 pm
This event will be conducted in English.
3 CPD/ RME points are being applied with the Law Society of Hong Kong.
Legal Plus Masterclass is a new series to bring you the latest information on recent hot topics. Our first Masterclass will be on Cybersecurity and the Legal Practitioner scheduled on Tuesday 29 March 2022, held virtually from 2:30pm – 5:45pm (Hong Kong local time – GMT +8).
This Masterclass will cover how inadequate cybersecurity measures will both adversely affect a legal practice as well as being grounds for solicitor’s misconduct and will be presented by Mr Joshua Chu, Senior Consultant, Prosynergy; Consultant from ONC Lawyers. The course outline is as below.
COURSE OUTLINE
1. CYBERSECURITY: IS IT A LEGAL ISSUE?
- Ethics: Specific Lawyer Risks
- Historical Types of Cyber Attacks
- Cybersecurity Needs for Firms
- Learning Objectives
2. THE LANDSCAPE: THE BASICS
- What is Cyber Liability
- Duty of Technological Competence
- The New Norm
3. DATA BREACHES: STATISTICS AND CASE STUDIES
- What is a Breach
- What type of Law Firm Information is at Risk?
- Major Law Firm Case
- Is Your Firm at Similar Risk
- Ransomware – How does it work?
- How to prevent ransomware attacks?
- Social Engineering Fraud
- Phishing
- Avoiding Email Wire Transfer Scams
- Know Your Client
- Mobile Devices
4. CYBERSECURITY
- What is Cyber Security
- Vulnerability Identifiers
- Law Firms as a Target
5. LAWYERS MISUSE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Mishandling of Hardware
- What About Metadata?
- Consequences of a Data Breach
- Hacking:
- What Law Firms Should Do: Practical Take Aways for Cyber Risk
- Data Breach Cycle
- Contingency Plan
- Assess Your Risk and Vulnerabilities
- Address the Risk
6. RESPONDING TO DATA BREACHES: SUGGESTED MEASURES
PRICE
Early Bird rate: HKD 1,399 (on or before 28 Feb 2022)
Normal rate: HKD 1, 650 (from 1 Mar 2022)
To register, please complete the registration form and return to events@legalplus-asia.com.
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SPEAKER
Joshua Chu is a Litigation Solicitor qualified to practice in Hong Kong. Before becoming a lawyer, Joshua worked in the healthcare industry serving as the IT department head at a private hospital as well as overseeing their procurement operations. Since embarking upon his legal career, Joshua has been making waves within the legal industry by taking the lead in a number of novel cases which includes:
- Defending one of the largest crypto-exchanges in HK’s first crypto-litigation (HCA 1980 of 2015);
- Obtaining Hong Kong’s first order for alternative service by data rooms [2020] HKCFI 1084 ;
- Obtaining Hong Kong’s first court order for digital performance of disclosure orders; and
- Appearing before the Review Body on Bid Challenges under WTO GPA.
A firm Judicial Activists at his core, Joshua and his team of counsel has worked tirelessly to device a number of novel applications which is aimed at pushing for the digital transformation of Hong Kong’s judicial system.
Today, Joshua’s practice is mainly focused in the field of dispute resolution and technology law. Aside from his legal practice, Joshua is currently also a Senior Consultant with Prosynergy, a regulatory consulting firm which had been founded by ex-SFC Regulators as well as being a management consultant for the Korean Blockchain Centre.