Digital Detectives
Welcome to Digital Detectives. We'll discuss computer forensics, electronic discovery and information security issues and what's really happening in the trenches. It's not theory, but practical information that you can use in your law practice on the Legal Talk Network.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 158
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
INTRODUCING: For the Innocent Season 3 | Amanda Knox, JJ Velasquez, and More
Hosted by Michael Semanchik, For the Innocent exposes the shocking reality of wrongful convictions through raw, first-person stories from the exonerated. Season 3 returns September 9th featuring powe…
00:05:50 |
Mon 08 Sep 2025
INTRODUCING: Leading the Bar
Bar presidents share strategies, tools and insights for attorneys growing into leadership roles. Learn from real stories of growth, crisis management, and innovation in NCBP’s Leading the Bar podcast…
00:03:21 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
10 Startling Cybersecurity Statistics and What They Mean for the Future of Law Firms
For many years, Sharon Nelson and John Simek have hosted the Digital Detectives podcast to bring practical advice and much needed guidance to help attorneys protect their law firms. In this, their fi…
00:29:18 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Enhancing Law Firm Cybersecurity: The Ten Most Important Steps
A strong foundation for your law firm should be built on sensible cybersecurity policies and procedures. What should that look like? Sharon Nelson and John Simek have a conversation with Mike Maschke…
00:30:25 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Bad Tech Habits Your Firm Needs to Break
Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, no firm is too small to be a target for hackers. Each and every one—from large firms all the way down to solo attorneys—is susceptible to cybersecurity inci…
00:29:07 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Seven Use Cases Where AI can be a Hero to Digital Forensics
AI is capable of doing so many things in the legal tech world, not least of which are its uses in digital forensics. Sharon Nelson and John Simek welcome Shashi Angadi to discuss AI’s current applica…
00:34:35 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Generative AI and ChatGPT: Why the Legal Industry Needs to “Brace for Impact”
We all know generative AI is making significant waves all over the world, but lawyers need to take a hard look at its implications in the law and their own legal practice. John Simek and Sharon Nelso…
00:29:33 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
Threats to Your Law Firm: Insiders and Outsiders
Employees within your organization are likely a bigger risk to your cybersecurity than threat actors from without. Why? Because it very often takes an insider to let in an outsider. Sharon Nelson and…
00:33:36 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
BakerHostetler’s Data Security Incident Response Report Released
BakerHostetler’s latest data security report is here, and while the threat landscape is proving to be as consistent as ever, companies have been doing a better job at identifying and containing breac…
00:30:03 |
Thu 18 May 2023
E-Discovery Disrupted by the AI Revolution
The world’s ever-growing tsunami of digital data creates a huge need for technology capable of filtering it for modern e-discovery processes. So, what’s the best tool for the job? Sharon Nelson and J…
00:35:52 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Dean Andy Perlman on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law Schools
AI is already changing the legal profession, and law schools have a responsibility to stay on the cutting edge of this technology to equip future lawyers with all they need to know about its impacts …
00:36:14 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
ITRC’s 17th Annual Data Breach Report Reveals Near-Record Number of Breaches
Cyber attacks are almost entirely responsible for today’s data breaches, and, increasingly often, the details of these breaches are vague—leaving security experts with a growing list of questions. Sh…
00:31:31 |
Fri 24 Feb 2023
It’s a Good Time for a Cybersecurity Checkup
There’s no “set it and forget it” for your law firm’s cybersecurity. Effective security is a continuing process, and the start of a new year is a great time to see how your firm is doing. Sharon Nels…
00:25:35 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Holidays and Weekends: Prime Time for Cyberattacks
Cyber criminals aren’t taking time off for the holidays. In fact, Sharon and John had a surprise Thanksgiving morning when they learned that hackers had attacked their own company over 400 times thro…
00:27:00 |
Thu 15 Dec 2022
The Ethics of Communicating with Your Clients and Using Your Smartphone
Communicating with clients is essential to good lawyering, but doing so without proper precautions could set you up for trouble. Sharon Nelson and John Simek discuss the ethics of lawyer communicatio…
00:30:13 |
Thu 17 Nov 2022
What Constitutes Ethical Cybersecurity for Law Firms Today?
Rapid changes in cybercrime and the security that keeps it at bay have left many lawyers’ heads spinning. With so much continuous change, how do you keep up with ethical cybersecurity needs for your …
00:31:39 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
ILTACON Roars Back in 2022 – Here’s What You Missed
ILTACON’s peer-driven approach strives to provide a unique experience for the legal industry with its heavy focus on education and attendee involvement. Sharon Nelson and John Simek welcome Doug Aust…
00:28:01 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Ripped From the Headlines: Alex Jones and Inadvertent Waiver
In the midst of Alex Jones’ defamation trial, the whole world found out that an almost unthinkable blunder had been committed by his attorneys, resulting in an inadvertent waiver of privilege that ma…
00:36:56 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Advice for Law Firms from a Data Breach/Privacy Lawyer
Studies show that over 70% of people haven’t the foggiest idea who to call first when they discover a data breach. If you’ve just realized you’re one of them, tune in! John Simek and Sharon Nelson ta…
00:32:24 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
How Secure is Your Law Firm’s Data?
Unfortunately, data breaches are becoming a ‘when’, not ‘if’, scenario, but a proactive data protection strategy will definitely help! Sharon Nelson and John Simek talk with Peter Baumann about what …
00:33:10 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
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