Description
Concerned about cyber threats but unsure where to start?
The Bar Council Risk Management Committee is organising a webinar to equip legal practitioners with essential knowledge on cybersecurity in legal practice as part of its risk management initiative.
With the increasing digitalisation of the legal industry, it is crucial for lawyers to understand how to safeguard their client’s data and build a cyber-resilient law firm. This session is designed to raise awareness, provide practical insights, and encourage law firms to adopt best practices in cybersecurity.
Participants will gain a better understanding of how to protect sensitive client data, comply with legal and ethical duties, and respond effectively to cyber threats.
The talk will cover the following topics:
• Why cybersecurity matters for lawyers;
• Digital transformation in legal practice;
• Importance of protecting client confidentiality;
• Real-life examples of cyber incidents involving law firms;
• Common cyber threats such as phishing, ransomware, and cloud vulnerabilities;
• Responsibilities under the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”);
• Cyber hygiene practices for legal practitioners; and
• Basic firm-level cybersecurity measures.
For more information, please click here.
Should you have any enquiries, please contact:
PI & RM Department (03-2050 2001; pirm@malaysianbar.org.my)
Wardah Hanim (03-2050 2033); Nurfarhana (03-2050 2034)
Speaker
Sabariah Ahmad (CyberSecurity Malaysia)
Sabariah Ahmad is a dedicated and enthusiastic professional with 29 years of experience in information Security. She currently works at CyberSecurity Malaysia, where she is responsible for product security testing and evaluation, cryptography development, vulnerability assessment, data privacy, and information security management.
Over the past 14 years, she has led various projects related to information security governance, risk management, and compliance (“GRC”), and data privacy. Sabariah is a certified trainer by the Human Resources Development Fund, an organisation under the Ministry of Human Resources, and has conducted numerous training sessions and awareness programs on information security management for Critical National Information Infrastructure (“CNII”) agencies and organisations. She is actively involved in working groups for information security management systems (“ISMS”), security controls, and services. These groups operate under the Industry Standards Committee on Information Technology, Communications, and Multimedia, which oversees national and international standardisation activities in information technology, communications, and multimedia. Before joining CyberSecurity Malaysia, Sabariah was with a government-linked company that provides e-commerce services and products, specifically in trade facilitation, supply chain, and transport industries.
Terms and Conditions
Event Policy
Places are limited and registration is on a first come, first served basis. The registration for this session will close on 23 July 2025 (Wednesday), at 12:00 pm.
For events with registration fees, all payments must be made in advance, including bank charges. Registration will be confirmed once proof of payment is provided by email or fax, and full payment is received.
The organiser reserves the right to modify, cancel or postpone the event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary, whereupon all registration fees paid will be refunded.
Cancellation
Cancellations must be made in writing.
Please note that there will be no refunds for cancellations, but substitutions are allowed. Kindly inform us in writing with the relevant details at least three days in advance.
If you have failed to inform the organiser on your cancellation for three consecutive times, you may be blacklisted for future events.
Transferral
You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details at least three days in advance.
Attendance
CPD points for CPD Scheme will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.
Privacy
The personal information that you provide to the Malaysian Bar, whether now or in the future, may be used, recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise processed by or on behalf of the Malaysian Bar for the purposes of facilitation and organisation of this event, research and audit, maintenance of a participant database for the promotion of this event, and such ancillary services as may be relevant.
Disclaimer
• Materials (if any) will be emailed only. No printed notes will be provided.
• No recording of the event is permitted via any means at any time.
• No part of the event content may be used/reproduced in any form without the written and explicit consent of the Malaysian Bar and speaker(s).
