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During a Cyber Crisis Protect Your Law Firm's Billable Hours, Client Funds, and Legal Privilege.
COLPs, Managing Partners & Practice Directors
Standard IT playbooks fix servers, but they do not satisfy cyber insurance conditions precedent, protect Legal Professional Privilege, manage the 72-hour ICO countdown, or insulate your partners from SRA Rule 7.1 client money liabilities.
We deploy bespoke Data Breach Incident Response Plans (DBIRP) tailored specifically to your UK legal practice.
Where Standard IT Playbooks Fail UK Law Firms:
Routine Confidentiality Breach
Ransomware & Escrow Paralysis
The Loss of Legal Privilege
Over 70% of law firm data breaches are operational mistakes - misdirected autocomplete emails containing settlement figures, unencrypted laptops left in transit, or mass BCC disclosure errors. Without pre-written containment SOPs, simple human errors instantly escalate into reportable regulatory disasters.
Modern ransomware locks Practice Management Systems, freezing billable work and court deadlines. Under SRA Accounts Rule 7.1, if client settlement funds, M&A completion monies, or estate disbursements are intercepted, your firm is statutorily obligated to replace missing funds immediately from office capital upon discovery, long before insurance pays out.
If your internal IT team or MSP investigates a breach on their own, a court will rule the "dominant purpose" was operational recovery. Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) will not attach, making raw IT chats and forensic notes fully discoverable by the ICO and hostile litigators.
Your Path to Regulatory Defensibility:
1) Initial 6-Question Diagnostic
Your commitment starts with a highly secure, 6-Question intake form consisting of just 6 multiple-choice questions. We then schedule a complimentary 15-minute Teams call to review your answers and instantly map your firm's exposure regarding Article 33 ICO triggers and SRA compliance gaps.
2) Deep-Dive Discovery
If we agree during our call that your firm requires a formal framework, we initiate a comprehensive audit. We conduct targeted interviews with your COLP, IT Lead, and Practice Manager to fully understand your unique systems, cloud architecture, and specific legal workflows.
Using the data gathered in our deep dive, we engineer a complete, CIPP/E-grade Data Breach Incident Response Plan. This is not a generic template. It is tailored exactly to your firm's architecture, mapped directly to your cyber insurance policy terms, and hard-codes the "Counsel Lock" to shield forensic investigations under Legal Professional Privilege.
3) Bespoke DBIRP Deployment
Guy Walker, DPO
Active IAPP Member. CIPP/E Certified
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/guy-walker/
"With over 30 years of operational leadership, commercial compliance, and complex governance experience, I act as the bridge between strict legal obligations and fast-paced operational delivery. I do not see data protection as a rigid tick-box exercise. I build comprehensive, frictionless standard operating procedures (SOPs) that protect solicitor-client confidentiality, ensure SRA compliance, and keep your firm operating safely during a crisis."
About Us:
Fractional DPO - Full-Spectrum Privacy Governance:
Data Breach & Cyber Continuity
Generative AI Risk Management
DSAR, DPIA & Vendor Compliance
72-Hour ICO Escalation & Article 33/34 Threshold Triage
Hour-Zero "Counsel Lock" Privilege Protection
SRA Accounts Rule 7.1 Settlement & Escrow Fund Replacement Blueprints
Out-of-Band (OOB) "War Room" Deployment Protocols & IT Playbooks
8-Point AI Readiness Audits & Acceptable Use Policies
Microsoft Copilot Enterprise "Green Shield" Verification
Article 17 Rapid Erasure Execution for AI Uploads
Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCG) AI Conflict Reviews
eDiscovery Triage via Microsoft Purview & Contextual Redaction
Automated DPIA Workflows in Jira & Privacy by Design
DPA & Vendor Risk Assessments (VRAs) with Liability Super Caps
ROPA Audits, IDTAs & International Data Transfer Safeguards
Frequently Asked
Questions
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Guy Walker
Straightforward Pricing
Bespoke DBIRP Package
Executive Stress-Test Package
Price: £450 pm Retainer
Ongoing governance and emergency incident command.
Includes:
• Named DPO on your DBIRP directory with a 2-Hour Crisis SLA
• Quarterly "SRA Compliance Pulse" automated audits
• On-demand AI & Vendor Risk Assessments (2 per month included)
• Preferred £750 day-rate for active breach project management
Price: £3,500 (Fixed Fee)
Ideal for Management Boards requiring proactive compliance verification and executive training.
Includes:
• Everything included in the Bespoke DBIRP Package
• A live, 2-hour Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Breach Simulation
• Zero-Hour Ransomware Scenario stress-testing the Board, COLP, and IT Lead
• Fulfills annual SRA (Rule 2.1) & UK GDPR (Art. 32) proactive testing obligations
Retained Fractional DPO
Price: £1,950 (Fixed Fee)
Ideal for firms ready to establish their core regulatory architecture following their initial diagnostic call.
Includes:
• Deep-dive discovery interviews to map your unique IT architecture
• Complete CIPP/E-grade DBIRP engineered specifically for your firm
• Hour-Zero "Counsel Lock" & OOB Communication Protocols
• AI Data Disclosure Playbook & Employee Interrogation Scripts
• Delivered within 7 business days
Take our secure 6-question diagnostic
Your first step is completely risk-free. Click the button below to take our quick and secure 6-question (multiple-choice) diagnostic. We will then review your answers on a complimentary 15-minute Teams call to expose any hidden gaps in your legal privilege protection. If we find critical vulnerabilities, we can then discuss a deep-dive audit to build your firm's bespoke DBIRP.
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