Cybersecurity uplift for small law firms
A Cybersecurity Uplift engagement brings your firm's technical controls into line with recognised frameworks — device management, multi-factor authentication, email security, and an incident response plan — built within the Practice Resilience® programme rather than as a one-off install.
Clio Certified Partner · Microsoft Partner · Australia & UK
The regulatory and professional obligation
Australian law firms are expected to meet ACSC guidance, State Law Society cybersecurity guidelines, and the principles set out in the Law Council of Australia's Cyber Precedent. Firms handling property settlements also carry PEXA-specific security obligations. Victorian firms have an additional, more prescriptive baseline — VLSB+C — used here as a worked example of what a fully specified state framework looks like, not as the default for every firm.
ASD Essential Eight — implemented and documented
Eight mitigation strategies that form the baseline of every cybersecurity uplift engagement: application control, patch applications, configure Microsoft Office macro settings, user application hardening, restrict administrative privileges, patch operating systems, multi-factor authentication, and regular backups. JurisIT implements and documents all eight as the baseline tier of this engagement.
The controls the framework doesn't cover
Business email compromise (BEC) protection, email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), staff security awareness training, and a documented incident response plan — the controls that catch what a baseline framework alone does not.
Everything in the core engagement
- Baseline assessment against the relevant framework for your jurisdiction
- Device management and endpoint configuration
- Multi-factor authentication rollout across all systems
- Email security hardening — BEC protection and authentication records
- Staff security awareness training
- Documented incident response plan
Practising alone? Cybersecurity uplift is included as standard in Practice Resilience® Solo — see Practice Resilience® Solo for the fixed-configuration package built for sole practitioners.
Frequently Asked Questions
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ACSC guidance and the ASD Essential Eight for Australian firms (VLSB+C where Victorian-specific requirements apply); NCSC Cyber Essentials and SRA expectations for UK firms.
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Not necessarily, but the controls required for certification are good baseline practice regardless, and certification is increasingly expected by PI insurers and some clients.
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Scope depends on your current baseline; most firms complete the core engagement within a few weeks of starting.
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Every engagement is fixed-price, scoped to your firm's current state after assessment — not published as a figure on this page.