At Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP, the secure customer experience is critical. Without the right secure technical infrastructure, an online law office does not stand a chance in today's high technology marketplace.

With the Web past its infancy, certain software and hardware providers have been tested and proven to be the best. Successful companies like Lycos.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Reel.com and NASDAQ.com have all geared their infrastructure to use Microsoft's Windows 2000 advanced servers, +COM components paired with an Oracle or SQL7.0 database and IBM and Cisco hardware. Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP leverages the experience of these other Web companies by utilizing the same technical backbone. By using Microsoft, Verisign, Intel, and Cisco systems platforms, instead of a UNIX platform, the Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP site provides maximum stability and scalability, while optimizing system performance. Network failure means lost business.

The Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP site components are built on a three-tier architectural model. These tiers include: user services, business services and data services. These tiers do not necessarily correspond to physical locations on various computers on a network, but rather to logical layers of the application.

The technology to implement the Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP business concept already exists in the marketplace. The talent to apply this technology is already part of the Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP technical management team. By using programming languages such as XML, ASP, HTML, Java, and VB; plus visual site editors such as Visual Interdev, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Photoshop, the Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP Web site will offer fully functional front- and back-end services in a cutting-edge environment.

A secure and reliable site permits the Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP engineering team to develop new features and avoid costly problems resulting from site failures or service interruptions. Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP's software implementation, site design, and network topology will maintain the reliability and performance to provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Security:

Due to the highly sensitive nature of personal and corporate legal information, Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP's primary concern is to maintain the security and confidentiality of all electronically transmitted information. Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP will use the latest security developments from companies like Verisign to protect clients from unauthorized access to their information.

1. A Secure Server Certificate is a digital credential that allows Web visitors to verify a site's authenticity, and to communicate securely with that site. The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, originally developed by Netscape, has become the universal Web standard for authenticating Web sites to visitors, as well as for encrypting communications between site visitors and Web servers. The Server ID included with a Site Trust service enables visitors to verify a site's authenticity and to communicate with the site securely via state-of-the-art SSL encryption. This protects confidential information from interception.
   
2. In terms of identification, a Digital Signature (a/k/a Digital ID) is the electronic equivalent of a driver's license or a passport. A Digital ID resides in an Internet browser and e-mail software. Digital IDs contain information that uniquely identifies a computer user, and allows that user to:
   • Digitally sign a message so that the recipient can verify the identity of the sender.
   • Encrypt a message securely, so an intended recipient can decrypt and securely read its contents.
   • Ensure that by digitally signing and encrypting an e-mail, it is protected from tampering, impersonation and eavesdropping. Using a Digital ID is easy with the point-and-click interfaces in all of the popular browsers and e-mail packages.

Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP utilizes Digital IDs for sensitive communications such as retaining a Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP attorney, client intake and signing legal documents.