IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

Earlier this month, two major pharmaceutical giants issued warnings about phishing emails targeting job hunters. As is standard, GlaxoSmithKline says that interviewees or those who have been offered jobs might be asked to provide passport information or other personal identification, such as a National Insurance number.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Phishing Ransomware Communications 52

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, this includes data on the development and testing of new therapies and details of how therapies are manufactured. Last year, private healthcare giant BUPA suffered a breach affecting 108,000 health insurance policies when a rogue employee copied and removed information from the organisation.

Healthcare 72

Healthcare Insurance Manufacturing Risk 72

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. Highlights include, among others, adoption of revised risk-based capital bond factors for life insurers, amendments to SSAP No. NAIC Adopts Revised Risk-Based Capital Bond Factors for Life Insurers.

Insurance 88

Insurance e-Delivery Paper Cybersecurity 88

Reltio

AUGUST 17, 2018

A new product’s commercial performance during the first six months after FDA approval is often considered a very important indicator for how the product will do over the course of its patent life. During this phase, there is often enormous pricing pressure from competitive products and health insurers.

MDM 70

MDM Customer Experience Sales Marketing 70

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion.

Insurance 109

Insurance Government Cybersecurity Risk 109

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

But, of course, the nature of ransomware attacks makes it hard for organisations to determine how many records were affected. For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Of the 128 publicly disclosed incidents that we discovered in May, more than 40% of them were ransomware attacks.

Data breaches 123

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 123