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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable. Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product?

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Why Are We Still Classifying Companies by Industry?

Harvard Business

For more than 60 years, investors, analysts, business leaders, and even governments, have classified companies based on industries. Industry walls are disintegrating at a rapid pace. They have expanded far beyond the “Information Technology” tag attached to them by GICS. It’s not an industry in itself.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. Originally founded in 1982 by Dan Luczak as “Forensic Technologies International Ltd., Luczak pioneered solutions at the intersection of law, communications and technology that affected not only the cases he was involved in, but the industry itself.

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Data Breaches Aren’t Just an IT Issue - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM VERIZON

Harvard Business

And you probably won’t even know you’ve been affected until it’s too late to prevent significant damage to your company’s finances, operations, and reputation. Understanding the types of attacks that are most likely to affect your industry will enable you to spend smarter and protect your company more effectively.

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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. Industries. Successful RAs come with a solid quantitative foundation and a comprehensive understanding of coursework in economics, computer science, operations research, mathematics, engineering, and statistics. Associate: This bunch of people is highly motivated and intellectually curious.

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Backdoor Government Decryption Hurts My Business and Yours

Harvard Business

Nowadays, cyberattacks come from a wide range of actors — from individual cybercriminals using ransomware to extort money from your local dentist, to sophisticated foreign states attempting to steal intellectual property. firms lose $15.4 million yearly due to hacking attacks , double the global average of $7.7 jurisdiction.

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Where Trump Does (and Doesn’t) Have Leverage with China

Harvard Business

Low-wage economies like Mexico’s and China’s absorb American technology and build industrial capability more easily today than ever. He has two levels to operate on: first, directly influencing corporate investment and buying decisions, and second, diplomatic engagement with trading partners.