Technology competence is no longer an optional skill for attorneys. In today's legal environment, understanding cybersecurity risks, cloud platforms, AI tools, and electronic data management has become part of a lawyer's ethical duty to competently represent clients. According to New York Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1, lawyers must provide competent representation, requiring the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness, and preparation reasonably necessary for the representati

In today’s legal environment, cybersecurity is no longer a purely technical concern. For law firms—especially in the New York metro area—it has become a matter of ethics, client trust, and business risk. Yet many firms are still approaching cybersecurity the wrong way. They focus on tools. They focus on IT. They focus on “being secure.” But that’s not what the market is asking for. The Shift: From Security to Defensibility Law firms don’t buy cybersecurity to achieve abstract