Just what is this cloud everyone is talking about? From the perspective of the law firm, computing in the cloud eliminates typical IT expenses, management, and headaches. Cloud options are often cost-effective since they forego high up-front costs in favor of predictable monthly fees. Great for law practice management.

1. Cloud Computing
for Legal Professionals
IN THREE ACTS
Larry Port
Co-Founder and Chief Software Architect
Rocket Matter, LLC

2. THE CLOUD ALLOWS USERS TO CONSUME COMPUTING
RESOURCES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE LOCALLY IN THEIR OFFICE.

4. “ I start where
the last man
left off.
- Thomas A. Edison
Enter Stage Left: Invention

5. POWER AS A UTILITY
ELECTRICITY

6. Enter Center Stage: WWW
1991
Tim Berners-Lee
Invention of the World Wide Web

7. CLOUD
COMPUTING AS A UTILITY

8. PERCEIVED RISKED Landlord
VS ACTUAL RISK
WHO'S IN THE OFFICE AFTER HOURS?
Disgruntled,
Cleaning Lady
underpaid,
paralegal?
WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA NOW?

9. PHYSICAL THEFT > ELECTRONIC THEFT
BIOMETRIC HAND-SCAN ACCESS
PHYSICAL
SECURITY 24-HOUR SURVEILLANCE

10. 128-BIT
ENCRYPTION

11. 8x 1x BACKUPS 7x
Q?
9x 12x
5x
6x 3x
2x :
11x 4x
10x
HOW FREQUENT?
IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS?

12. SOFTWARE PRACTICE OF
IDENTIFYING ATTACKS AND
THREAT
MONITORING MAKES SURE
SECURITY VULNERABILITIES CODING DEFENSES
ARE ASSESSED
SQL
MODELING
INJECTION
XSS

13. DATA ISOLATION
DOES THE TECHNOLOGY PROTECT MY DATA FROM THE EYES OF OTHERS?

14. SLA
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS
HOW MANY 9'S?
99.99%
HOW MUCHtoTIME CURRENT
is the service guaranteed be up for?
How reliable is your
NETWORKetc.
- with file servers, email,
phone pong

15. TERMS OF SERVICES
SHOULD ADDRESS:
DO I OWN MY DATA?
CAN I GET MY DATA OUT ON-DEMAND?
SECURITY POLICY
BACKUP POLICY

16. PENNSYLVANIA SEZ:

17. BRITISH COLUMBIA SEZ:

26. THANK YOU!
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