Is the Cloud Safe for Lawyers? California Lawyer  Is the Cloud
Safe for Lawyers?  February 2013  Cloud storage has become
popular in legal circles for a reason - It provides small and
solo firms with reliable software and security, and they don't
have to support their own IT department. But as with most things
in the law, a little caution goes a long way.  It's vital to
conduct due diligence on any cloud vendor's security practices
to ensure that it meets legal and ethical obligations about
client confidentiality. In "FYI: Software as a Service for
Lawyers," the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center recommends
asking these questions in particular:  - How does the vendor
safeguard the privacy/confidentiality of stored data?  - How
often is the user's data backed up?  - Does the vendor
physically back up data at multiple data centers in different
geographic locations to safeguard against disasters?  - What is
the history of the vendor? How does it derive its funding? Is it
financially stable?  - Can users acce