Docket — full record

Every tool we've reviewed, and why.

Each entry gets a holding, not a star rating. Verdicts are revisited whenever a vendor changes its security posture or pricing.

OPEN ENTRIES — 9
RETAINED — 5
LAST CALENDAR CALL — SEPT 2026
Retain Retain with conditions Do not retain Pending
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1Password Business

Shared vaults, per-matter access, forced two-factor.

Holding — Vaults separate matters by client; forced MFA closes the most common intake-form leak.

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Virtru Email Encryption

Client-side encryption layered over existing email.

Holding — Keeps privileged attachments unreadable in transit, satisfying a plain reading of the "reasonable efforts" standard for email.

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Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security

Endpoint protection with ransomware rollback.

Holding — A locked matter-management server is a malpractice claim waiting to happen; rollback matters more here than at most SMBs.

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Egnyte for Legal

Permissioned file sharing built for matter teams.

Holding — Strong permissioning out of the box, but full audit-trail export sits behind the higher tier — budget for it before hold season.

Retain with conditions Get Egnyte ↗
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NordLayer

Business VPN and network access control for remote staff.

Holding — Fixes the "reviewing discovery from a coffee shop" problem cleanly; per-user access logs help if a carrier ever asks for one.

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Malwarebytes for Business

Endpoint cleanup and remediation, lighter footprint than a full EDR suite.

Holding — Reliable for cleanup, but the console has no per-matter tagging — fine for a solo practice, thin for anything a bar auditor would want itemized.

Retain with conditions Get Malwarebytes ↗
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Guardio

Browser-level phishing and malicious-link protection.

Holding — Catches the fake-DocuSign and fake-court-notice links that hit the front-desk inbox; no centralized admin console yet for firms past a handful of seats.

Retain with conditions Get Guardio ↗
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Unmanaged consumer cloud sync

Personal-tier file sync tools used ad hoc for client documents.

Holding — No forced MFA, no admin console, no audit log, no way to revoke a departing paralegal's access on the spot. Fails Model Rule 1.6(c) on its face, whichever brand it happens to be.

Do not retain
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Under review — vendor response pending before publication.

Pending