Client confidentiality is your ethical obligation. ABA Model Rule 1.6 expects reasonable safeguards. We build them into Microsoft 365 for small law firms that don’t have an IT department.
A breach at a solo or small firm isn’t just expensive — it’s a confidentiality violation. ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483 make clear that technology competence is part of Rule 1.1, and Rule 1.6(c) requires reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosure of client information. State bars across the country have issued guidance building on those rules. A generic MSP will patch your workstations. A legal-aware MSSP maps your controls to those obligations and produces the documentation you’d want if a client or regulator ever asked.
Encryption of client data in transit and at rest. Documented access controls. Written incident response. The technical substrate behind the rule.
Microsoft Entra ID conditional access configured so attorneys and staff only see matters they’re assigned to. Real ethical walls, not hope.
Automatic encryption for messages flagged as privileged or client-sensitive. Data loss prevention rules tuned for legal content.
Controls mapped to common state bar cybersecurity guidance so your compliance narrative is written before you need it. Not legal advice — the technical record behind it.
One engagement. Per-seat monthly pricing. No long-term lock-in. No surprise invoices when a partner’s laptop gets lost at a deposition.
Connect your Microsoft 365 tenant to our self-serve tool. It instantly checks 15 security controls relevant to small-firm confidentiality obligations — MFA, admin privileges, conditional access, email security, audit logging, and more. You keep the report whether or not you hire us.
Signs in via Microsoft’s OAuth 2.0 — read-only access.
Nothing is changed in your tenant. No passwords are shared with us.
Rule 1.6(c) requires lawyers to make reasonable efforts to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of client information. In practice that means documented access controls, encryption of client data in transit and at rest, staff training, and a written incident response plan. We implement each of these inside Microsoft 365.
Solo and small firms are attractive targets precisely because they hold sensitive client data without a dedicated IT team. ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483 treat technology competence as part of Rule 1.1. A managed provider gives a small firm the same safeguards a large firm’s IT department would enforce, without the headcount.
Yes. Most state bar cybersecurity guidance derives from ABA Model Rules 1.1 and 1.6. We map our controls to the common requirements across state bar ethics opinions and produce documentation to support your compliance narrative. Froskr does not provide legal advice; final interpretation of bar rules remains with you or your ethics counsel.
The free assessment reviews your tenant against a legal-specific baseline: MFA enforcement, conditional access, mailbox auditing, DLP for client-privileged content, external sharing controls, and backup posture. You receive a written report with prioritized remediation steps regardless of whether you engage us.
Per-seat monthly pricing that scales with firm size. Exact pricing depends on headcount, existing Microsoft 365 licensing, and scope. The free assessment produces a fixed quote. No long-term lock-in.
We’ll audit your Microsoft 365 environment and show you exactly where your firm’s confidentiality and ethics-rule exposure sits — no jargon, no obligation. If everything already looks good, we’ll tell you that too.