Information Security

Protecting NPI – Pillar 3 - Purchase Now

This 2-part webinar examines ALTA Best Practices Pillar 3: Privacy and Information Security, focusing on protecting a customer's Non-public Personal Information.

Record Retention and Disposal: Put It in Writing - Purchase Now

Spot the Fraud - Purchase Now

Safe Disbursement Practices (In Today’s Dangerous Cyber World) - Purchase Now

Real Property and Fake Sellers - Watch Now

During this webinar, Julie Lepore, President and Owner of Total FIRPTA, LLC presents Real Property and Fake Sellers.  Members will learn how to spot fraudulent sales early on, understand how to properly vet the seller's identity, and establish policies and protocols to protect all parties. Foreign Seller or Scam Alert? Is My Seller Subject to FIRPTA? Checklist Online Resource - ID Checker

The Invisible Seller: Avoiding Vacant Land Fraud - Watch Now

What are the red flags for a fraudulent vacant land sale?  Watch a dramatic enactment of an imaginary deal gone very, very wrong and learn what title agents and others can do to avoid this re-emerging scheme that can cost time, money, and heartache. We’ll look at some of the ways the fraudsters operate, how to spot a potential fraud, and when to just walk away. In addition, attendees will learn how to spot fraudulent Florida driver licenses often utilized in vacant land frauds. Supporting Materials

A Whole Lotta BS (Behavioral Science) about Cybersecurity - Watch Now

Let’s be honest:  most of us find cybersecurity frustrating.  Thinking up long complex passwords, trying to find our phones when we need a code to log in to an account… it’s a pain!  And if we believe the scary cybersecurity headlines about cyber-attacks and data breaches, none of it seems to be working.  How do we make sense of it all?  If you find it confusing, you’re not alone.  New research from the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) reveals insights about the public’s attitudes and beliefs about security.  Via this interactive webinar, we’ll compare Fund Members’ attitudes on cybersecurity to those of participants in NCA’s study and cut through the confusion to give Members easy, practical advice on how to keep themselves, their families and firms safe and secure.  Presented by Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

Avoiding Mortgage Payoff Fraud - Watch Now

Real estate practitioners face pronounced dangers due to cybercrime. FBI statistics reveal Florida among those states with the highest rate of cyber victims and dollars lost. Business email compromise (BEC) combined with devilishly clever social engineering feats of thievery has led to the latest crime wave: mortgage payoff fraud. This threat and others is the focus of this webinar. Real estate attorneys, title agents and other practitioners will learn the nature and type of cybercrimes affecting Florida real estate closings; why mortgage payoff fraud is more pernicious than other types of cybercrimes, and steps the frontline practitioner can take to help reduce today’s threat vectors, including the implementation of new technologies, and the role of insurance. Supporting Materials

An Insider's Look at Cyber Security Cases - Watch Now

The Fund’s Legal Education Department is pleased to welcome Joseph Swanson, a shareholder of the Tampa office of Carlton Fields, An Insider’s Look at Cyber Security Cases. A large portion of Mr. Swanson’s practice involves litigating cases and providing counsel in incidents arising from cyber security attacks. Mr. Swanson will share lessons learned from an assortment of cases that he and his team have handled, including those involving wire transfer fraud, ransomware and data breaches. We’ll learn what transpires once the cyberattack occurs, the need for sound procedures and guidelines, what may be expected or required of the insured and the role of retained counsel. This promises to be an interesting and important webinar, with information that can only be gained from an attorney practicing in the trenches. Supporting Materials

Cyber Insurance for the Closing Agent: A Roundtable Discussion with Industry Experts - Watch Now

The Fund welcomes Brian Kouwenhoven of Kouwenhoven & Associates, Inc. and Cynthia Zimmerman of Socius Insurance Services for a roundtable discussion on the various insurance products available to law firms and title agencies to protect against business email compromise, wire transfer fraud, social engineering fraud and ransomware attacks. This is a “must-see” program for Fund members interested in learning more about cyber insurance policies.

What?! We’ve Been Phished! – An Online Tabletop Exercise - Watch Now

Join us as we depict a fictional firm’s reaction to learning that it’s fallen victim to an elaborate wire transfer fraud. At crucial points in the firm’s odyssey, we stop and consider the firm’s actions – and inactions - in view of the incident response plan adopted by the American Land Title Association. Throughout the course of this exercise, viewers will be challenged to consider how prepared their companies are for the possibility of a similar attack.   Supporting Materials

A Fund Roundtable: Cyber-Hygiene Tips You Need to Adopt Today - Watch Now

Join the attorneys of The Fund's Legal Education Department as we present A Fund Roundtable: Cyber-Hygiene Tips You Need to Adopt Today.  We will share practical tips that law firms and title agencies can adopt to mitigate against cyber-crime and which can be incorporated into the member's Best Practices manual.  Supporting Materials

Computer Security in the Age of Cyber-Crime - Watch Now

Join Darrell Marsh, The Fund's Computer Security Manager, Information Technology, as he presents Computer Security in the Age of Cyber-Crime.  This program focuses on the various types of computer security that Fund members and their information technology managers need to consider employing to protect against data breaches and cyber-attacks.  Invite your IT managers to attend!  Supporting Materials

Third-Party Security Vetting for Law Firms - Watch Now

Join Ron Frechette, CEO of GoldSky Security for a FREE webinar, Third-Party Security Vetting for Law Firms. Ron wowed the crowd at Fund Assembly with his Dark Web presentation and is back to introduce Fund members to the third-party security vetting processes that larger companies are implementing to ensure that their vendor and law firm partners are properly protecting their sensitive data. The program will walk members through a standard cybersecurity questionnaire, offer guidance on how to implement security controls that are increasingly being required by clients, provide guidelines and resources needed to perform an internal security risk assessment and build an affordable cybersecurity program.  Supporting Materials

Protecting Yourself Against Wire Fraud - Watch Now

Day of closing. Updated payoff  letter received and your bookkeeper has loaded the wire for you to release. Before you hit the “Send” button, are you absolutely certain that the wiring instruction relied upon is authentic? Are there ways to tell? How can technology protect against wire fraud? Join Tom Cronkright of CertifID for a free Fund Town Hall to learn more about wire fraud, its devastating effect on our industry, and how CertifID’s real-time identity platform can safeguard your wires – and protect you from becoming a victim. Supporting Materials

Insuring Against Mortgage Payoff Fraud, Business Email Compromise Fraud & Other Social Engineering F - Watch Now

Real estate settlement providers are now the #1 target of cyber fraudsters and the types of frauds are ever evolving. Mortgage payoff frauds now joins the list of business email compromise and other social engineering frauds affecting closing agents. This webinar will look at what mortgage payoff fraud entails, how cyber-theft continues to plague our industry, and why settlement agents need to consider procuring insurance against losses due to computer crimes. Supporting Materials

Stopping Cyber Fraud - Watch Now

Electronic communication has become a way of life as has the practice of conducting financial transactions, which are part and parcel of a real estate closing, electronically. Unfortunately, the ease of communication in the cyber age and the widespread use of programs to reach thousands of email accounts with a single message has led to an assault on our industry by domestic and foreign actors bent on committing fraud. This seminar provides an overview of the risks of "Business Email Compromise" to real estate lawyers and title agents, and suggests ethical best practices to avoid falling for fraudulent schemes which use email as a tool to perpetrate them. Supporting Materials

Escrow & Cyber Security: Protecting You & Your Clients - Watch Now

On 10/23/2018 Matt Rease and Lee Swaffield of RynohLive presented a free Fund Town Hall, Escrow and Cyber Security: Protecting You and Your Clients. RynohLive is a patented, web-based “bridge application” that has helped revolutionize escrow account management services. Its team is at the forefront of providing transaction monitoring, daily reconciliations and other anti-fraud measures. In this recorded seminar, Matt and Lee will look at the “Good Old Days,” how our perspectives differs from criminals, current threats, and proactive solutions to cyber fraud.

What Every Real Estate Attorney Needs to Know About Cyber Risk Insurance - Watch Now

Fund Members need to be asking “Will my existing insurance policies cover a loss due to a spoofing incident?” and “What insurance do I need to protect against a catastrophic loss?”. On October 30th at noon, Robert Rosenzweig of RPLU, National Cyber Risk Practice Leader, presented a free Fund Town Hall webinar addressing what real estate practitioners need to know about insuring against Business Email Compromise fraud.

Cyber Liability Insurance - Watch Now

If you've been wondering what cyber liability insurance does and does not cover, how much it costs, and how it can protect your office, this is the presentation for you. Supporting Materials