Over the course of this IG blog series, we have examined how the IG professional can align their IG program to directly support the mission and vision of their organization. Several case studies helped illustrate how this alignment allows the IG / RIM professional to contribute to the bottom line in meaningful ways. In this […]

Our approach We believe that by having a culture of data protection and security, your organisation can demonstrate a real competitive advantage. To ensure your data protection and security readiness journey delivers on your objectives, Fifth Square has developed a methodical and pragmatic framework called AIM. (Assess, Implement and Manage). AIM delivers a three-stage process […]

Article written by Oliver Shaw, CEO of CascadeHR It may only have lasted 26 minutes, but chancellor Philip Hammond’s inaugural Spring Statement included a number of very encouraging points. Critics were quick to criticise Philip Hammond’s first Spring Statement. But that is perhaps simply the nature of politics. If an impartial party carefully dissects the 26-minute […]

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is quickly approaching. If you are unsure what the GDPR is and why it is important, please read about it here before you move on through this article. Now that you know what we are talking about, it is important to consider what you should be doing the next five […]

The aim of the GDPR is to enable the people of the EU to better control their personal data. We will talk about specific ways the GDPR will do that in this whitepaper. The change came as 67% of Europeans expressed that they were concerned about not having control over their personal data and information […]

Are you struggling with file sharing? You are not alone.Most large organizations are currently fighting the battle between the many different file shares their employees use. Recently, Verizon’s data was nearly compromised by the accidental upload of the data to a public cloud file share by a third party. Issues like this can span across […]

The General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect across the European Union on May 25. It replaces the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) – and will bring data privacy up to date in the digital age. Brexit will not affect the new regulation as the government has confirmed it will fully incorporate it into […]

Coming off a 2017 event that saw record attendance, Aderant is pleased to announce that its 2018 Momentum London Conference will be a mini-series. In response to attendee feedback, as well as to accommodate burgeoning interest from multiple functional roles within law firms, Aderant Momentum London will go from a one off, two-day event, to […]

Opportunist vultures are circling and misinformation being posted to various platforms about how LegalKEY is now a defunct or sunset records management product, one would expect OpenText, owners of LegalKEY, to speak out to reassure clients – The silence, however, has been deafening! With LegalKEY still being the market leading records management platform in the […]

How well are enquiries from your website being responded to? When law firms first started to promote themselves online their websites were little more than brochures. “This is who we are, this is where to find us and you can phone or email us for more information.” Many firms have now developed a much more […]

A law firm is a team. Like all teams, success depends on cooperation, communication, and commitment from everyone… Which means administrative support staff are also key to the success of a firm. (As cheesy as it is, ‘A team is only as strong as its weakest link’.) For law firms that want to maximise efficiency and […]

With a 36 year history in Liverpool, Pauline Lyle-Smith, founder of DX was delighted to officially open the new flagship Liverpool Exchange last week. As a lawyer qualified in the UK, Australia and the US, Pauline was aware of the need to quickly and securely transfer documents which was her key motivation in setting up the Document Exchange […]

Our product and strategy director Paul Sparkes appeared on the ‘big screen’, when he was interviewed about the subject of HR technology. The debate in question took place as part of The Yorkshire Post’s Business Talk TV series, filmed only a couple of miles away from our own HQ in Leeds city centre. The YP’s deputy business […]