Zoom Training for Lawyers and Using It Securely (Online Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming video replay of the June 2020 webcast, Zoom Training for Lawyers and Using It Securely.

This essential seminar is designed to alert you to the many ways you can use Zoom in the practice of law – with an eye to making sure your usage of Zoom is secure and ethically compliant!

As lawyers move to working remotely, we’ve flocked in droves to Zoom for video conferencing. The growth in Zoom usage has exploded recently. As of the end of December 2019, there were approximately 10 million free and paid daily meeting participants. In contrast, that number has increased to over 300 million free and paid daily meeting participants in April of 2020.

Zoom is rich in features and has become a staple for all of our practices in recent weeks – and our clients seem to love it too. But beware – in order to use Zoom ethically and competently, you need to learn how to use it securely, and this brief seminar will help you with that.

Taught by two national experts in the field of law-related information technology and security, this thoroughly practical one-hour online program will teach you how to not only use Zoom and many of its most helpful features with ease – it will also help you learn how to use it securely, as your practice requires. 

Topics will include:

• Basics
• Equipment
• Participation in a meeting
• Meeting management
• Features
• Cost
• Configuring settings
• Scheduling
• Account security
• Privacy
• Encryption
• Ethical issues

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Sharon D. Nelson, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax

Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., is the President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a digital forensics, cybersecurity and information technology firm in Fairfax, Virginia.   

Ms. Nelson is the author of the noted electronic evidence blog, Ride the Lightning and is a co-host of the Legal Talk Network podcast series called “The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology” as well as “Digital Detectives.”

She is a frequent author (eighteen books published by the ABA and hundreds of articles) and speaker on legal technology, cybersecurity and electronic evidence topics. She was the President of the Virginia State Bar June 2013 – June 2014 and a past President of the Fairfax Law Foundation and the Fairfax Bar Association.

She may be reached at snelson@senseient.com

John W. Simek, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax

Mr. Simek is the Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., an information technology, digital forensics and information security firm located in Fairfax, VA. Mr. Simek has a national reputation as a digital forensics technologist and has testified as an expert witness throughout the United States. He holds a degree in engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and an MBA in finance from Saint Joseph’s University.

Mr. Simek holds the prestigious CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certifications. He also holds multiple technical certifications for diverse technologies to include Microsoft, Novell, mobile devices, digital forensics and computer networking environments. Mr. Simek is also a member of the High Tech Crime Network as well as the American Bar Association and the Fairfax Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Law Foundation and Fairfax CASA.

He is a past chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2019, co-host of the Legal Talk Network podcast Digital Detectives, and a co-author of eighteen books to include Locked Down: Practical Information Security for Lawyers, 2nd Edition (American Bar Association 2016), Encryption Made Simple for Lawyers (American Bar Association, 2015) and The 2008-2020 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical Decisions Made Simple (American Bar Association, 2008-2020) as well as other titles. He is a frequent author and speaker on information security, legal technology and electronic evidence throughout the country. He blogs at youritconsultant.senseient.com and may be reached at jsimek@senseient.com.