Why hackers love law firm websites (and what to do about it)

Here’s a topic that doesn’t see nearly enough conversation in the legal industry:

How to protect your law firm’s website from hackers.

Surprisingly, we hear very little talk about this from our side of the industry, either… and we’re an agency that builds websites for law firms!

So let’s shed some light on the issue.

First off:

Why would hackers want to target your site in the first place?

Usually, the goal is to steal sensitive data that could lead to more dangerous breaches down the line.

(Law firms that store confidential financial and client information on their servers are a popular target for this reason.)

Hackers could also hijack your website to impersonate you, and influence prospective clients to their own nefarious ends.

Or, they might even try to redirect your traffic to their own sites and services.

There are many reasons why someone would hack your site… but ultimately, what matters more is what to do about it.

At ApricotLaw, we employ two main lines of defense against website hackers:

First, we use software that actively scans your site to look for malware.

Second, we make use of the people on our team that are already looking at your site on a frequent basis — writers, editors, developers, technical SEO specialists. etc.

We have them keep an eye out for any abnormalities that pop up. If they flag anything suspicious, then we look into the problem and address it directly.

But, if your site does end up getting hacked?

The most important thing to do is to rectify it quickly.

A developer will have to dig into the site’s code, identify the breach that let the hackers in, and close it… and then, manually clean up whatever mess has been made of your website.

Depending on the nature of the hack, this will either be quick and easy, or a long and laborious process.

Either way…

Hackers present a growing threat to law firms that will only get worse as time goes on.

Which is why at ApricotLaw, we don’t mess around when it comes to website security.

We use advanced encryption methods and secure data storage servers for all of our clients’ websites, and conduct frequent security audits and updates.

Ready to start scaling your law firm’s online presence?

Our team is here to help you:

• Revamp your current website to drastically improve both its security and organic SEO performance
• Build a secure, conversion-optimized website for you from scratch with world-class UI and UX, plus provide ongoing support and maintenance (once it’s built, you own everything — yours to do with as you please!)
• Create layered content marketing for your website (written by our full-time legal content writers) to position your law firm as the local authority in your niche
• Implement pay-per-click advertising strategies tailor-made for law firms, to dial in your Google ads and book more of your ideal leads and clients
• Unleash our “Map Attack” Local SEO strategy to dominate your local Google search results

For more details, book a 15-minute consultation with us here.

And stay tuned every Tuesday and Thursday for more law firm growth tactics and insights!