Law360, New York ( November 21, 2014, 2:16 PM EST) -- There is a new opportunity for lawyers to differentiate their practices and their firms and it comes as a result of a growing shift and convergence of privacy, data protection and security, and information management. This is a big issue for all litigators — government investigations, malpractice suits, hacking and data incidents, employee mismanagement and theft — not just the legal technologists or niche practitioners. Lawyers who embrace this convergence will surge ahead when they can prove to corporate counsel and their cyber-risk insurance policy carriers that they understand the risk, can help mitigate and manage the exposure, and provide robust, integrated counsel on compliance and standardization, not to mention litigation avoidance and defense with respect to data incidents. Corporate counsel are under immense pressure to certify and ensure that the company's data is protected, and that incorporates all service providers and law firms by extension....