What role does a cybersecurity consultant play and why should attorneys take notice? In today’s high-stakes digital environment, attorneys advising corporate clients on cybersecurity risk must be prepared for both proactive defense and post-breach response. That’s where expert consulting can make all the difference.
Cybersecurity attorneys are increasingly partnering with cloud cybersecurity consultants to strengthen their legal strategies, preserve privilege, and ensure their clients’ risk is effectively managed in both technical and legal terms.
Let’s dive further into why cybersecurity attorneys would benefit from consulting with a team of cybersecurity engineers.
Managing the Risks of Cybersecurity for Attorneys and Their Clients
In the cloud-driven world of modern business, clients rely on their attorneys to help navigate the legal implications of cybersecurity risk. Whether it’s preparing for a potential breach or managing the fallout from one, attorneys must coordinate across business units, IT departments, and executive leadership.
But here’s the challenge: internal cybersecurity assessments or discussions about security vulnerabilities—if not properly managed—can be discoverable in litigation. That makes legal guidance essential from the outset. When security policies are drafted without legal oversight, clients may inadvertently increase their liability.
So, how can attorneys ensure cybersecurity strategies support, and not jeopardize, their client’s legal position?
The Strategic Advantage of Consulting With Cybersecurity Experts
Did you know that AISN’s cybersecurity team partners with cybersecurity attorneys at law firms? At AISN, we work directly with cybersecurity attorneys to provide highly specialized support to their clients.
Our vetted team of cybersecurity engineers helps assess, build, and strengthen cloud-based cybersecurity programs with legal protection in mind. Together with legal counsel, we design a practical and defensible roadmap for reducing cybersecurity risk.
Protecting Privilege Through Expert Engagement
For a client to preserve attorney-client privilege (in the context of cybersecurity assessments and compliance), the ideal engagement involves the client retaining counsel to provide cybersecurity compliance guidance. Counsel then retains AISN as a subject-matter expert and technical advisor.
To coordinate with the client, the counsel directs AISN’s efforts, receives our reports and recommendations, and then maps the results to the client’s legal obligations. The trust and privacy afforded under the attorney-client relationship ensure that clients receive independent, custom, and confidential cyber risk services.
Core Services for Cybersecurity Attorneys and Their Clients
Here’s how our team supports attorneys and their clients:
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in designing and implementing your current cybersecurity program.
- Develop, drive, and implement a roadmap of critical initiatives to close gaps, build on existing strengths, and correct program weaknesses.
- Lead the development and update of cybersecurity policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines, leveraging our subject-matter expertise on best practices applicable to your business environment.
- Guide the establishment or improvement of your vulnerability management program, including regular vulnerability assessment and remediation activities.
- Oversee incident response planning and breach investigation activities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual cybersecurity requirements.
- Provide independent assessments, including risk assessments, audits, and penetration testing.
These services empower attorneys to offer more comprehensive, technically sound, and legally strategic advice.
Why Attorneys Choose AISN for Cloud Cybersecurity Consulting
Cybersecurity attorneys who retain consultants like AISN know the value we bring: independent expertise, custom assessments, and alignment with legal strategy—all while reducing litigation risk. Want to explore how a cloud cybersecurity consultant can support your law firm or clients?
Contact AISN today to learn more.
Laurie Head is the Co-Owner and CMCO of AIS Network. She has been working in the IT industry since the mid-90s.