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🔐 Notary offices & cybersecurity: an underestimated risk for highly sensitive data 🔐

  • Writer: Vincent Pollet
    Vincent Pollet
  • Apr 30, 2025
  • 1 min read

Notary offices are prime targets for cybercriminals. And for good reason: they handle highly sensitive data daily—real estate transactions, wills, marriage contracts, company statutes, etc. Valuable information that attracts all kinds of covetous eyes.


THE High Council of Notaries - Notaries of France (CSN) understands this well: it imposes a strict security framework through technical and organizational rules which, as an IT director, seem to me both coherent and necessary. It is also important to remember that failure to comply with these rules can lead to a denial of insurance coverage in the event of a security incident. This is a reality that is still too often overlooked.


But the real problem lies with the human element. Too often, employee awareness remains insufficient: weak passwords, risky behavior, lack of awareness of phishing attempts
 The best technical system is useless without the daily vigilance of users.


While the NIS2 directive does not yet directly apply to notarial offices, it nevertheless offers a structured framework that offices would benefit from adopting immediately. Security governance, risk management, incident response, and traceability: these are all essential pillars, regardless of the legal scope.


📱 The risk is no longer theoretical. It is real, documented, and growing. Cybersecurity can no longer be relegated to the back burner. It is a strategic issue for the notarial profession.




🔗 Article posted on May 2, 2025: https://lnkd.in/ed9Y8dfi

 
 
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