Author: Jonathan
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2025 ConComms End of Year Report
Executive Summary In 2025 our team delivered a comprehensive suite of digital‑security services to nonprofit partners across the United States. By combining hands‑on training, vulnerability assessments, full‑scale cybersecurity audits, policy‑framework development, on device forensic malware scanning, and secure intake software development, we helped these organizations raise their security posture, embed sustainable practices, and protect the…
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Growth, Updates, Audits and Book features in 2022-2023
So much has happened over the past two years, it is hard to keep up! First, we are thrilled that our work was recently featured in the book published by Beacon Press “I Have Nothing to Hide” by Heidi Boghosian. In Chapter 13 on the myth that the attorney client privilege is sacrosanct she highlights…
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Growing our Impact from 2020 to 2021
We begin 2021 with expanded advocacy and excellent partnership. Along with Peter Micek, Access Now’s General Counsel, and The ACLU of NY (NYCLU) ConComms staff wrote a powerful article entitled “Encryption is vital for attorney-client privilege in the digital era, and lawyers should fight for it” that highlights the cybersecurity risks faced by clients, attorneys,…
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Roadmap Consulting and ConComms partner for 2020 Digital Security Cohort
Constitutional Communications had over 20 organizations enroll in our spring six week digital security cohort with Roadmap Consulting. While the difficult news surrounding the Coronavirus outbreak overshadowed our work, participants found that having a consistent training every week was helpful and supportive. Many organizations were forced to rapidly move most operations to fully digital platforms.…
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Constitutional Communications partners with The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative to train on Ethics and CyberSecurity
Constitutional Communications cybersecurity educators began 2019 by partnering with the American Bar Association’s Rule Of Law Initiative to assess organizational security threats and train lawyers and staff on cybersecurity and legal ethics. Over the past couple of months Constitutional Communications initially supported a cybersecurity risk assessment of the team and organizational programs. Our risk assessment…
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Loose Lips and Emailing Lawyers – The Ethics of Protecting Client Confidences
Watch “Loose Lips and Emailing Lawyers – The Ethics of Protecting client Confidences” with Jonathan from Constitutional Communications at the General Practice & Professional Discipline Annual 2018 NYS Bar Association meeting full CLE here: http://www.nysba.org/store/detail.aspx?id=VGENAM18 Or for the intro video here: https://vimeo.com/255439635
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NY Law Journal On State Bar Association ConComms Panel
ConComms director, Jonathan Stribling-Uss, recently presented on a panel discussion as part of the NY State Bar Association 2018 Annual Meeting Here is the report on the event from the New York Law Journal: From Public Wi-Fi to Encrypted Emails, Panel Probes Security of Lawyer Communications: What happens when a lawyer connects a laptop containing…
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2017 Annual Report
Consitutional Communications 2017 Annual Report: We are happy to say we made significant gains in 2017. We achieved the most exciting impact around our training series. We completed two Roadmap Consulting six week cohorts for movement digital security staff from thirty-two organizations, with digital security trainer Iliea Burgos. We also finished a series of trainings…
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NYCLA panel: technology always outruns the law
NYCLA Committee on Law and Technology presents “Technology Always Outruns The Law” a CLE training for attorneys featuring Jonathan Strilbing-Uss, (Constitutional Communications) Peter Micek (Access Now), Sarah McKune (Citizen Lab) Pery Krinsky, (Pery Krinsky, PLLC) and Joseph J Bambara, (UCNY) Need #Ethics ? TOMRW #CLE @nycla 11/30 #Technology Always Outruns the #Law – Don't Be…
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ABA Journal Cites ConComms Cybersecurity Expert
Experts advise new tactics to fight data breaches By Jason Tashea Marcus Christian. Photo by David Fonda. The Panama Papers leak made global news in April, providing detailed financial and attorney-client information showing how the world’s rich and powerful hide their money through shell corporations. Not only did this leak hurt its clients—ending the prime…
