AWS Law Compliance Arctic Wolf AWS Compliance

Law firms face rising cyber risk as they migrate data to the cloud: an Arctic Wolf/Above the Law analysis notes 39% of firms experienced a breach in the past year and highlights a spring 2023 Orrick incident that exposed PII and health data of over 637,000 people. The article outlines seven compliance and security challenges (complex cloud environments, evolving regulations, resilience, industry transformation, employee turnover, skills gaps, and expanded SaaS attack surface) and recommends controls and services—understanding cloud shared responsibility, IAM best practices, CSPM/CDR, MDR, and partnering with third parties—to improve cloud security and meet compliance obligations.