Why Law Firms Can’t Afford to Ignore AI for Security Assessments

AI has seen explosive growth over the past two years. Yet in legal teams, adoption remains cautious—often slowed by concerns about hallucinations, compliance risks, or the fear that AI might replace critical roles.

But here’s the reality:
Despite it being 2025, the security assessment process at most firms is still painfully manual.

Think:

• Digging through old Google Sheets
• Chasing down past emails
• Combing through Slack messages

It’s slow, fragmented, and built on institutional memory that doesn’t scale. And while legal teams are expected to move faster than ever, the systems supporting them simply haven’t kept up.

The Status Quo Isn’t Just Outdated—It’s a Bottleneck

Nearly every legal team I speak with shares the same underlying struggle:
Security questionnaires are managed through a patchwork of copy-paste responses, disconnected files, and last-minute scrambling. It’s not a workflow—it’s survival mode.

Some firms have tried to improve the process with legacy Q&A banks. But instead of solving the problem, they often create new ones:

• Responses quickly become outdated
• There’s no reliable system to keep content current or consistent
• Institutional knowledge remains locked away in silos

Eventually, it becomes more than just inefficient—it becomes a barrier to growth.

And when response cycles slow down or errors slip through, the impact ripples across the business: delayed deals, missed deadlines, and rising frustration.

As one of our clients put it:

“Working with the Iris team has been an absolute pleasure. We have reduced our response times to security questionnaires drastically and no longer have to manage a pesky Q&A Library. If you are looking at replacing/improving your process I recommend giving them a look.”
— AJ LaForty, Corelight, Director of Federal Sales Engineering

Where Iris Comes In

This is where many legal teams realize they don’t need another one-size-fits-all AI tool—they need a partner that understands the high-stakes, high-context nature of legal work.

That’s where Iris stands apart:

No Hallucinations
Iris relies exclusively on your internal, verified documents—not generic web data. It mirrors how your firm actually operates and keeps your responses grounded in fact.

Smarter Knowledge Mapping
Each time you use Iris, it becomes more tailored to your team—building a centralized, intelligent knowledge base that scales with you.

Compliance-First Design
Built-in controls ensure every AI-generated response meets internal standards and external requirements—helping your team move faster without compromising trust or accuracy.

From Bottleneck to Bandwidth

With Iris, legal teams can finally scale their impact—without adding headcount. That means:

• Centralizing institutional knowledge
• Automating repetitive, error-prone tasks
• Enabling seamless collaboration across teams

The result?
Less time spent hunting down information. Fewer hours lost to manual rework. More time focused on what actually drives your firm forward.

If you're tired of disjointed processes and reactive firefighting, Iris is here to help you reclaim your time—and your competitive edge.

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