Online Storage For Lawyers?

alharaka writes "I have a relative that has been a lawyer for over two decades. In passing conversation, he revealed to me that he has a great deal of his data stored on floppies. Naturally, as an IT guy, I lost it on him, telling him that a one-dimensional storage strategy of floppies was unacceptable. If he lost those files, his clients would be enraged. Since I do not know much about online data storage for lawyers, I read a few articles I found on Google. A lot of people appear to recommend CoreVault, since a few bar associations, including Oklahoma, officially endorsed them. That is not enough for me. Do any Slashdotters have info on this topic? Do you have any companies you would recommend for online data storage specifically for lawyers? My relative is a lawyer with recognition in NJ, NY, CA, and DC; are there any rules and regulations you know of regarding such online storage he must comply with? I know IT and not law. I am aware this is not a forum for legal advice, but do any IT professionals who work for law firms know about such rules and regulations?"

Yes.

[Aaron_Pike]

I firmly believe we should store lawyers online.

TrueCrypt?

[Anonymous Coward]

Come to think of it, I think we should store them in *actual* true crypts... ;-)

Scan and shred

[peacefinder]

Scan the lawyers and shred the originals. You'll be very popular.

Re:TrueCrypt?

[scotay]

*actual* true crypts at the bottom of the sea.

That way you get a natural coral reef.

Re:Yes.

[gandhi_2]

With a big knife you could store them in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Freezers. RAIF-0 supports striped lawyers.

Re:omfg...

[lymond01]

You know, I might put Slashdot above Oklahoma. Slashdot is the biggest tech site on the internet. Oklahoma has a musical named after it.

That gives me an idea...

Re:omfg...

[compro01]

This guy beat you to it years ago [slashdot.org].

Re:Yes.

[dgatwood]

I thought it was the Judicial Array of Inexpensive Lockers that held the striped lawyers....

Re:Yes.

[Red Flayer]

Meh. The operating costs of that are too high (refrigeration ain't cheap). I suggest RAID-0, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Dumpsters.

This does have an issue with degradation of the lawyers over time, but that's OK... it feeds into our COMP-Office Services Technology department.

Re:A Few Helpful Lists

[archangel9]

Same here. Ours is encrypted offsite w/Blowfish and a 256-bit alphanumeric key. Our data company sees nothing but a bit chunk of data and nothing more. Good thing I have that key written down on a sticky note next to my monitor for safe keeping.

Re:A Few Helpful Lists

[KDR_11k]

Or

3) He was hoping for the lawyers to identify themselves to build a list of names for the Ark B.

Re:Yes.

[chappel]

I'd like to see more stored at /dev/null

Re:Yes.

[wastedlife]

Seriously, its like he thinks the internet is just a big dumptruck. Everyone knows that it is a series of tubes. All those lawyers would clog the tubes. It might take one of my staff a whole day to send me an internet again.

Sincerely,
Ted Stevens, former Senator

There are many services out there...

[techsoldaten]

There are many services out there, but Wikileaks is what lawyers should probably be using.

M

bah.

[commodoresloat]

What you really need to keep your data secure is use a secure password like the one we use at my company -- 23$wu!x6 -- we've been using that password for a while now and never had any problems.

Re:Yes.

[Anonymous Coward]

I just spent the last ten minutes looking at that trying to think of the neatest way to work in an fsck joke.

I need. To get. A life.

also,

[Khashishi]

Where can I get a toilet seat designed specifically for lawyers?