Cybersecurity misconduct risks for Victorian lawyers
About this episode
This episode discusses the new cybersecurity standards for Victorian lawyers and the associated risks of professional misconduct.
Episode Summary: Victorian lawyers are now being held to a minimum cybersecurity standard, and failure can lead to professional misconduct findings. This episode examines cybersecurity professional misconduct risks, what regulators expect in practice and how new privacy and ransomware laws raise the stakes for every firm, big or small. Guest: • Simone Herbert-Lowe, founder, Law & Cyber • Professional indemnity specialist with more than 30 years of legal experience • Expert at the intersection of cyber risk and legal professional responsibility • https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-herbert-lowe/ • https://www.lawandcyber.com.au Host: • Jayne Gurton, Law Institute of Victoria • podcasts@liv.asn.au | https://www.linkedin.com/company/law-institute-of-victoria Episode Overview: Cyber risk has moved from an abstract IT issue to a core professional responsibility for Victorian lawyers. In this episode, we examine cybersecurity professional misconduct through the lens of recent court decisions, regulatory guidance and real-world claims experience. Simone Herbert-Lowe explains how the “reasonable practitioner” standard is being applied in 2026, why human behaviour remains the weakest…
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