This week saw an international and well known law firm fall victim to a malware attack. Whilst they were not the only organisation to suffer from attacks recently, law firms (as do those in the financial services sector) trade on their reputation, expertise, and their ability to maintain confidentiality, all of which have doubt cast upon them in the wake of a cyber attack. As in the physical world it is not possible to provide absolute security against a highly motivated attacker, there are steps that firms can and should be taking to protect themselves, and their reputations against cyber attack, these are the 5 steps that Fifth Step recommends.