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Social media creates serious ethical and cybersecurity risks for law firms. Learn how ABA Model Rules 1.1, 1.6, and Formal Opinions 480 and 477R apply to attorney social media use—and what policies protect your clients.

Ken Satkunam, CISM · March 19, 2026

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Defense contractors modernizing their IT infrastructure must navigate CMMC compliance, government cloud requirements, and the DoD's Zero Trust mandate—all while keeping sensitive CUI protected and operations running.

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Defense contractors must meet NIST SP 800-171 incident response and recovery requirements under CMMC 2.0—including the 72-hour breach reporting mandate under DFARS 252.204-7012 and documented continuity plans that protect CUI availability.

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