Law Firm Information Security, Ethical Walls, Information Barriers & Confidentiality -- ILTA Industry Survey

Today, polls, surveys and statistics will no doubt be in the news (at least in the US).

For the legal community, ILTA just published its annual law firm technology survey. It presents responses collected from over 485 law firms, comprising over 90,000 lawyers.

Report data show that the vast majority of firms using commercial software to secure internal access to confidential information (for ethical screens/information barriers, client confidential matters or regulatory compliance) have standardized on IntApp Wall Builder, including:

• 70% of firms with 700 or more lawyers
• 69% of firms with 350 to 699 lawyers
• 58% of firms with 150 to 349 lawyers

Aggregate data on product adoption by firms with 150 or more lawyers:

• Wall Builder (IntApp) -- 65%
• CompliGuard Protect (The Frayman Group) -- 8%
• iMPrivate (DocAuto) -- 6%
• WincWall (Wertheim Global Solutions) -- 6%
• GX2 (Worldox) -- 5%
• Milan (Prosperoware) -- 4%
• SecurityGuard (Olson Consulting) -- 2%
• The Wall (Younts Consulting) -- 2%
• MasterEthics (RBRO Solutions) -- 1%
• NetDocuments (NetDocuments) -- 1%

For information about ILTA’s 2012 Technology Survey, see their web site.