Best of ILTACON 2018: A Recap Webinar
September 14 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm EDT

Join Kraft Kennedy as we present highlights from the 2018 ILTACON presentations.
Check back after September 14 to download the webinar presentation.

“You Have Clearance, Clarence” – Getting Started (Moving to the Cloud Series, Part 1 of 4)

You’ve decided to go to the cloud. How do you take your first steps? What vendors do you talk to? What are the most important criteria to include in your RFP? How do you identify workloads that you want to move to the cloud? How do you assess your readiness as a firm to move to the cloud? Come to this session and learn the answers to these questions and more!
 
Takeaways:

• Learn how to get started on your cloud migration.
• Learn how to create your RFP and considerations to include in your contracts.
• Learn how to make sure you have appropriate buy-in from firm leadership to support your migration.

24×7 Network and Security Operations for Small- to Mid-Sized Firms

It turns out that system uptime and personal downtime can coexist. Learn how you can use new predictive technology to build a 24×7 security operations center (SOC) with the functions of a much larger firm: patching, monitoring & alerting, scanning, audit reporting, and dashboards. Cutting-edge IT leaders have found a cost-effective way to augment their teams and offload thankless work with outsourced network and security operations. In this session, security and management experts will spotlight the tools that will allow you to exceed even the capabilities of Am Law 100 firms. Sleep easier without worrying about that 3am phone call.

“Don’t Call Me Shirley” – Negotiating Your Cloud (Moving to the Cloud Series, Part 2 of 4)

Take a deep-dive with us on contractual negotiation and controlling risk with your cloud vendor. Find out how to build protections into your contract and avoid unexpected cost spikes. Discover best practices for securing your data and how to make sure you remain compliant in the cloud. Learn from partners who assist with migrations about what to watch for and lessons learned along the way.

Plugging the Leaks: 5 Critical Steps to a Secure Network

No one wants to be the next Panama Papers. Over the course of the hour, we’ll share insights gained from extensive experience in the trenches of the top law firm and corporate legal networks.
 
Chris Vitale, Director of Information Technology at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, along with Brian Podolsky from Kraft Kennedy and David Hansen from NetDocuments discuss 5 crucial areas of technology that will ensure your environment is sound, your data is secure, and you’re moving in the right direction to deliver world-class security across your people, processes, and technology.

“Good Luck, They’re All Counting On You” – Migrating Your Systems (Moving to the Cloud Series, Part 3 of 4)

You’ve got the foundation, now what’s the best way to execute your move? Learn how to lay out a comprehensive and effective plan to migrate your workloads to the cloud with minimal disruption. We’ll discuss how to identify dependencies, include all relevant stakeholders. We’ll also cover how to thoroughly QA your systems after migration.
 
Takeaways:

• Best practices for your migration plan to the cloud after your provider is selected.
• Lessons learned from actual on-premise to cloud migrations.

Stepping off the Windows 10 Upgrade Treadmill: Strategies, Tools, and Tricks

Lessons we’ve learned from 175,000 Windows 10 deployments:

• The never-ending upgrade cycle demands more time, planning, and staff; resistance is futile.
• Endpoint protection is now the most critical security function, yet lawyer productivity and ease-of-use will be the measures of success.
• Aligning your workstation management with Microsoft’s Windows-as-a-Service model can be a major burden or a breakthrough—the right strategy will determine the fate of your firm.

 
 
In this session, we’ll reveal more lessons and hard-earned tips on how you can not only adapt but succeed in the new world of continuous upgrades. Learn how you can achieve tight security while making your end-users happy, keep patching and applications up-to-date, and get off the upgrade treadmill.

“Does Anyone On Board Know How to Fly a Plane” – Daily Life in the Cloud (Moving to the Cloud Series, Part 4 of 4)

Congratulations! You’re in the cloud. Now what do you have to worry about? Learn how to operationalize internally to support your new cloud infrastructure, including preparing your staff and protecting yourself from outages. Get prepared for security audits, large or non-native data imports and upgrades that may be out of your control.
 
Takeaways:

• Best practices for preparing your staff to administer your cloud environment.
• Best practices for operationalizing your cloud deployment.
• Best way to handle security audit responses.

IT Resilience: Strategies and Solutions to Keep the Lights On

What new and innovative options exist to achieve a strong level of high availability and disaster recovery? The increasing frequency of malicious attacks require thinking beyond basic hardware, data center or circuit failures. Learn about the latest options for keeping your services up if your systems go down.
 
Takeaways:

• Learn about new options in the market to provide resilience to core IT services.
• How to keep critical client facing services online in the event of major data center outages.