Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2019

Zurich American Insurance Company is refusing to refund its client because consider the attack as “an act of war” that is not covered by its policy. According to the cyber security community, NotPetya is a cyber weapon develped by Russia to hit the Ukrainian government. SecurityAffairs – Mondelez, cyber insurance).

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2022

Organisations must always look for cost-effective ways to address the cyber security risks they face. With more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches last year , and organisations spending almost £3 million on average responding to security incidents , effective risk management is a top priority. The benefits of cyber insurance.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

In some cases, attackers are even leveraging the threat of regulatory actions or causing cyber insurance policies to be rendered moot by reporting lapses in security on the part of the victim to regulators and insurers. In fact, the cost to victims from ransomware attacks is estimated to reach $265 billion (USD) annually by 2031.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 15, 2020

That’s why they organisations increasingly relying on cyber insurance policies to cover the costs when data breaches and cyber attacks occur. But just how helpful is cyber insurance? What is cyber insurance? How does cyber insurance work? What does a cyber insurance policy cover? Who needs cyber insurance?

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Good paper on cybersecurity insurance: both the history and the promise for the future. From the conclusion: Policy makers have long held high hopes for cyber insurance as a tool for improving security. Cyber insurance appears to be a weak form of governance at present.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 23, 2022

Cyber liability insurance helps organisations cover the financial costs of a data breach. Without insurance, organisations spend £3.6 By purchasing cyber liability insurance, organisations gain the resources they need at a fraction of the cost. What does cyber insurance include? First-party vs third-party insurance.

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Collibra

JULY 2, 2024

But as most businesses recognize, innovation is nothing without the right governance to ensure that risks don’t get out of hand. AI governance is about increasing business value while retaining control As AI continues to permeate the fabric of life and work worldwide, so too does AI-based risk increase.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk management is a concept that has been around as long as companies have had assets to protect. The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. What is Cybersecurity Risk Management? Setting Up Your Risk Management System.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Cyber Insurance: US cyber insurance premiums soared by 50% in 2022, reaching $7.2 Insider Threats: Insider threats pose a significant risk to organizations, with 64% of cyber security incidents involving insiders, either through malicious intent or inadvertent actions. million, up 15% in three years. million per breach.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Immediately after detecting the intrusion, the company launched an investigation with the help of leading third-party cybersecurity experts and is also coordinating with its insurers. The investigation is still ongoing and aims at determining the scope of the incident. ” reads the article published by CNN.

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KnowBe4

MAY 22, 2023

Food for thought as discussed on May 18, 2023, an article posted in The Australian Insurance Council: Banning paying a ransom to cyber hackers is counter-productive where Andrew Hall, the Chief Executive of the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), stated that “attempts to ban businesses from paying ransoms for cyber attacks risks eroding trust and (..)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Organizations need to govern and control the API ecosystem, this governance is the role of API management. organizations need to govern and control the API ecosystem. This governance is the role of API management. Check out the OWASP Top Ten APIs for a good overview of the primary identified risks to APIs.

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

In an increasingly digital world, there are an escalating number of cyber security risks for business to address. IT Governance identified more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2021 , while another report found that security incidents cost almost £3 million on average. Poor patch management. Weak passwords.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 8, 2023

In my previous post , I described the different capabilities of both discriminative and generative AI, and sketched a world of opportunities where AI changes the way that insurers and insured would interact. Technological risk—data confidentiality The chief technological risk is the matter of data confidentiality.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Lloyd’s of London has announced that its insurance policies will no longer cover losses resulting from certain nation-state cyber attacks or acts of war. In a memo sent to the organisation’s insurance syndicates , Underwriting Director Tony Chaudhry said that Lloyd’s remains “strongly supportive” of policies that cover cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

. “The defendants at one time possessed a target list of over 1,800 online accounts, including accounts belonging to organizations and companies involved in aerospace or satellite technology and international government organizations in Australia, Israel, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

The DarkSide group has publicly stated that they prefer to target organizations that can afford to pay large ransoms instead of hospitals, schools, non-profits, and governments.[ After assessing risks, if RDP is deemed operationally necessary, restrict the originating sources and require multi-factor authentication.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the need and scope for a potential federal insurance response to catastrophic cyber incidents, akin to the one put in place for terrorism insurance after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The request, published by the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the U.S. Background.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

The insurance company Ace American has to pay for the losses: On 6th December 2021, the New Jersey Superior Court granted partial summary judgment (attached) in favour of Merck and International Indemnity, declaring that the War or Hostile Acts exclusion was inapplicable to the dispute. Merck suffered US$1.4 Merck suffered US$1.4

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

As government-sponsored and widespread vulnerability attacks continue to result in larger damages, cyber insurers are looking for opportunities to still meet demand without incurring risk.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 11, 2022

That’s a problem when cyber risks are constantly evolving, as is the way your organisation operates. It’s why organisations must manage the risks they face with continual evaluation, maintenance and revision. Managing cyber security risks requires a more intensive approach than simply implementing basic protections.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It’s easy to think of it as a problem the federal government must address or something that enterprises deal with, but cybersecurity has to be addressed closer to home, as well. His company supplies a co-managed SIEM service to mid-sized and large enterprises, including local government agencies. Here are key takeaways: Local risks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Enterprise risk management software can provide risk monitoring, identification, analysis, assessment, and mitigation, all in one solution. . While a number of solutions focus on the operational and financial risks posed to enterprises, this article focuses on software vendors specializing in cybersecurity risk management.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a developing market, third-party risk management (TPRM) software and tools could be the answer to helping organizations fill the gap. This article looks at the top third-party risk management vendors and tools and offers a look into TPRM solutions and what buyers should consider before purchasing. Aravo TPRM.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States. The Company has retained leading security experts, is working with law enforcement and notified customers, clients and certain government agencies.” ” reads the Reuters. healthcare organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The research firm revealed that many of the government IDs exposed in the data breach have since expired. The attachments used as lure appear to be sent by health and government agencies, they promise to provide information on the Coronavirus pandemic and the way to avoid the contagion. ” continues the notification.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

based supplier of identity access management (IAM) systems, which recently announced a partnership with Omada, a Copenhagen-based provider of identity governance administration (IGA) solutions. Governance and attestation quickly became a very big deal. Compliance became a huge driver for governance and attestation,” Curcio said. “It

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IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. of its share price.

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erwin

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Will the new creative, diverse and scalable data pipelines you are building also incorporate the AI governance guardrails needed to manage and limit your organizational risk? Tackle AI data readiness and governance with erwin. The post Why data observability is essential to AI governance appeared first on erwin Expert Blog.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. can hope for at present and an encouraging sign that the problem is on the government’s radar. It’s as bipartisan a bill as the U.S. state and territory.

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AIIM

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Back in 2017, I called up a few of the information governance friends I’d made through the AIIM Community to better understand the challenges they were up against. Four years later, we're finally seeing this shift in governance mindsets in nearly every AIIM member organization we speak with. Hurdles to Information Governance Success.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On January 17, 2024 the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) published a Proposed Insurance Circular Letter (“Proposed Circular”) regarding the use of artificial intelligence systems (“AIS”) and external consumer data and information sources (“ECDIS”) in insurance underwriting and pricing. Actual Actuarial Validity.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. According to NYDFS, the incorporation of these practices should be proportionate to each insurer’s size, resources, geographic distribution, and other factors.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2024

Related: The ‘cyber’ case for D&O insurance Vanessa Pegueros knows this all too well. She serves on the board of several technology companies and also happens to be steeped in cyber risk governance. Pigueros: Compliance is not going to fix all the security risks.

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IT Governance

JULY 15, 2019

Cyber insurance is big business these days. Damages incurred by information security incidents generally aren’t covered in commercial insurance policies, so a specific policy is necessary to help cover the costs of things like forensic investigation, incident response and notification procedures. Document an incident response plan.

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