The challenges legal teams face

  • —Malicious documents from counterparties — Opposing counsel, courts, and third parties send PDFs that may contain embedded threats
  • —Business email compromise — Attackers impersonate clients, partners, or courts to redirect wire transfers or extract information
  • —Fake firm domains — Lookalike domains impersonating your firm used to deceive clients or counterparties
  • —Client document risk — Client-submitted files that need screening before entering matter management systems
  • —Due diligence on counterparties — Verifying the legitimacy of communications and submitted documents during transactions

How Verifence helps

Screen every inbound document before it's opened

Legal matters involve constant document exchange — discovery files, contracts, court filings, settlement agreements. Route all inbound PDFs through Verifence's document scanner before anyone on your team opens them. Detect embedded JavaScript, suspicious links, and hidden payloads that could compromise a workstation or exfiltrate data.

This is especially critical for:

  • Documents from unknown counterparties in litigation
  • Due diligence files during M&A transactions
  • Files received from clients with unknown security posture

Verify counterparty and client email addresses

When a new client or counterparty appears with an email you haven't communicated with before, screen it through Verifence's email scanner. Identify whether the address is from a disposable or temporary service — a red flag for impersonation — or check domain patterns against known abuse.

Detect domain impersonation of your firm

Attackers sometimes register domains that look like your firm — smithjones-legal.com instead of smithjones.com — to deceive clients into sending wire transfers or sensitive documents to the wrong party. Brand Monitor watches for these lookalike domains and alerts you the moment one appears, before a client is deceived.

Screen URLs in received documents and emails

During due diligence, discovery, or contract review, you may encounter URLs in documents and emails. Run suspicious links through Verifence's URL scanner to check them against phishing and malware databases before clicking — without exposing your systems to potential threats.

Team access for your practice

Give associates, paralegals, and IT staff shared access through team management so anyone can quickly scan a suspicious file or link without routing it through a single security contact.