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Protect privileged files,
and the evidence your cases depend on.
Law firms and in-house legal teams hold the confidential files attackers most want to steal and the evidence opponents most want to challenge. We protect the first, collect and defend the second, and answer in minutes when something goes wrong.
Why attackers target the legal profession.
One firm holds the secrets of hundreds of clients, and most of it sits in mailboxes and document systems.
Ransomware and data extortion
Operators know a firm's reputation rests on confidentiality. They steal client files first and threaten to publish them, so restoring from backup does not end it.
Trust account and closing fraud
Attackers sit in a lawyer's or client's mailbox, then send altered wire instructions at the moment a real estate deal or settlement closes.
Espionage on transactions and disputes
Firms advising on deals, litigation and regulatory matters hold information a counterparty or a foreign state would pay to see.
Insider and departing-lawyer risk
Lawyers and staff who leave can take client lists, precedents and files with them. The evidence is in logs, devices and cloud accounts.
Third-party and cloud platforms
Practice management, document review and file-sharing platforms hold privileged material outside your network. A breach there is still your breach.
The duties you answer to.
Professional obligations first, then Canadian privacy and evidence law. We support your counsel on these; we do not give legal advice.
| Framework | Who it applies to | What we help with |
|---|---|---|
| Law society rules on confidentiality and competence, including the technology commentary to Model Code rule 3.1-2 | Lawyers and paralegals licensed by each provincial and territorial law society | Safeguards assessment against your professional duties, and technical controls that protect confidential client information |
| Law society record-security and loss reporting rules, such as Law Society of BC Rule 10-4 | Lawyers in jurisdictions that require reporting of lost or improperly accessed records | Fast scoping of what was accessed or copied, so the report to the law society is accurate and timely |
| Solicitor-client privilege | Every lawyer and every client file | Incident response and forensics run at the direction of counsel, with privileged material identified and protected through the investigation |
| PIPEDA, Alberta and BC PIPA, and Quebec Law 25 | Firms handling personal information in commercial activity | Breach investigation, real-risk-of-significant-harm assessment support and documented incident records |
| Canada Evidence Act provisions on electronic documents, and provincial equivalents | Parties relying on electronic records in proceedings | Forensic collection and system-integrity documentation so electronic evidence meets the best evidence rule |
| Sedona Canada Principles and Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure rule 29.1 | Parties to litigation with electronically stored information | Defensible preservation, collection and processing that fits a proportionate discovery plan |
Evidence work for counsel.
eDiscovery from collection to production
Forensic collection of email, documents, chat and cloud data, with AI-assisted review and multilingual recognition. See eDiscovery.
Anton Piller orders on the day
We attend with the independent supervising solicitor and image every device and account in scope, defensibly and inside the order. See Anton Piller support.
How we help law firms and legal teams.
MSOC
An autonomous SOC watching mailboxes, document systems and endpoints around the clock, containing threats in under two minutes.
Learn more →IR retainer
Pre-agreed terms and guaranteed response from four hours down to one, with investigations run at the direction of counsel.
Learn more →eDiscovery
Defensible collection, processing and AI-assisted review for disclosure, regulatory requests and internal investigations.
Learn more →BifrostDigital forensics
What was taken, by whom and when, from computers, cloud accounts and phones, with expert-witness testimony.
Learn more →Anton Piller order support
The forensic team on the day, preserving digital evidence alongside the supervising solicitor.
Learn more →TYRTYR evidence platform
Evidence packaging, tamper-evident audit trails and chain of custody, with court-ready documentation on demand.
Learn more →What buyers ask.
If we call you after a breach, is the investigation privileged?
Privilege is a legal question for your counsel. What we do is make it possible: we can be retained through counsel, work at their direction, and keep findings and communications structured the way they ask.
Our IT provider can look at the compromised laptop.
If they do, the evidence on it may stop being admissible. Imaging with hash verification and a documented chain of custody is what makes it hold up, and that is our job.
Will your examiners testify?
Yes. Bifrost examiners write reports for the court as well as for your team, and they give expert-witness testimony on the findings.
Where does our client data go?
100% Canadian-owned, with primary operations in Canada. We deploy to meet each client's data-residency requirements, and Canadian clients' data stays in Canada.
Talk to someone who works with counsel.
Put a specialist on a call to scope monitoring, an incident, or an evidence matter. No charge, no commitment.