Bart Lazar Featured in Chicago Sun-Times

The article "Tech-security legal guru expects growth of fraud" in the May 22, 2006 issue of the Chicago Sun-Times profiles Bart as "one of our town's top tech-security legal gurus. He represents companies coping with IT security breaches, and tries to help others prevent them. He's a hot ticket on the lecture circuit coaching senior executives on the legal ins and outs of tech security. . . . Lazar represents companies where angry employees hack computer systems to steal the identity of a disliked senior exec to defame him. He handles cases of extortion and misappropriated trade secrets. One client suffered hackers who stole company information to support an identity theft business. There was the time an employee read his bosses' e-mails to find company secrets, and pass them along. There was even a group of IT execs who tried to hold their company hostage to avoid an outsourcing deal. Lazar believes security issues will increase because our work force is increasingly mobile and equipped with more portable devices. Data on laptops worry Lazar. He suggests corporate IT execs request vendors encrypt their customer data, and be wary of allowing sensitive data on laptops. "Expect more security legislation," adds Lazar, who encourages executives to "get ready and get used to it." Lazar tells CIOs to "understand what's driving legislation, and design systems, policies and procedures that meet those underlying principles." How's business? Lazar says there's plenty of computer fraud out there to keep him occupied. Unfortunately it's a growth industry."