Ethical Walls & Information Barriers

Law firms are required to control access to ‘sensitive’ information under their care. Information can be deemed sensitive and require safeguarding for ethical and/or privacy reasons as defined by the firm itself, its clients, guidelines and regulatory requirements (e.g. ABA, EU, PI) or the courts. Securing information access across all firm personnel, offices and technology systems is no easy task. Traditional approaches that rely on fee earners and support staff to enforce confidentiality are no longer sufficient to satisfy client’s needs and regulatory requirements.

Compliguard Protect is an ethical walls and information barriers system designed for law firms to protect sensitive information and reduce risk exposure by establishing, maintaining, monitoring and updating screens from a single point of entry to consistently secure content across all mission-critical firm systems, in real-time.

• Advantages:
• Centralized Control – Fully-featured centralized control of all screens across all systems with a Web-based administrative console, enabling control and monitoring across offices, systems and applications
• True Real-time Security – Screens are activated immediately, across all systems
• Automated Oversight & Dynamic Updates — Automates wall creation, dynamic updates and monitoring to stop potential breaches before they occur
• Self Maintaining Walls — Features dynamic updates and wall creation
• Most Comprehensive Security Options — Multiple screen types (exclusionary, inclusionary, limited access) to meet every confidentiality requirement
• Flexible Scenarios — Automates changes in team structure, allows for easy inclusion/exclusion of contract lawyers and other temporary help
• Compliance Auditing & Reporting — Provides comprehensive support for global ethical requirements (e.g. MAD, Law Society Rules of conduct 2007), including a fully customizable framework for reporting and real time alerts
• Walls Across All Systems and Applications — Extends screens to New Business, Conflicts, DM, RM, CRM, Financial, Time & Billing and Time Entry systems, plus Microsoft® SharePoint
• Risk-based Perspective — Designed to be used by risk professionals who understand liability exposure without the need to rely on IT staff
• Supports Global Ethics Rules & Regulations — Comprehensive support, including MAD, and Law Society Code of Conduct 2007
• Entirely Software Based — Built on Microsoft technology stack, software-only solution, requires no “black box”
• Web Services APIs — Enables easy, fast ad-hoc integrations to bespoke systems
• Multi-tier — Accommodates centralized & distributed environments out of the box