Law firm security can exist beyond the network; document protection programs offer attorneys various ways to improve their confidence
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Law firms are increasingly using network software to restrict file access and improve the security of their computer systems. Enhanced password protection, cell protection, user group restrictions, and encryption software are methods being used to increase security. For example, Novell's SoftSolutions 4.1 Advanced, which uses user-created security profiles to control access, and Timeslips Deluxe 6.0, which allows over 35 levels of access restrictions, both offer law firms more protection than simply using the built-in security of a product such as Windows 95.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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When law alone isn't enough: to protect works from unwanted exploitation, new technology must bolster the legal system
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New forms of intellectual property and new ways of disseminating it will demand new legal and technological protection systems working in tandem. Satellite TV and feature films have each developed advanced systems using both legal and technological weapons to discourage unauthorized use, with varying success. Video on demand and interactive entertainment for home use have somewhat contradictory requirements for which no viable solutions are yet available. Legal protection outside the US is especially problematic.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Encryption ensures privacy of online expression
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Encryption offers security to facilitate online transactions, and the emergence of public key encryption with its asymmetrical keys promises trust and anonymity. However, security and anonymity in this paradigm may come at the expense of one another as certification authorities would be needed. Secure transaction systems will remain an area of innovation, one in which a legal voice is important and one that will in some ways advance the legal field. Encryption also suggests ways to further communal policies.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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