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Protecting against #cyberfail: Small business and cyber insurance

02/11/2017 14:06

While cyberattacks and data breaches at Fortune 500 companies tend to dominate the headlines, America’s more than 28 million small businesses and their 56 million employees are increasingly vulnerable. Their exposure is much the same as that of larger companies, experts say, but many may...

2017 Survey of Cyber Insurance Market Trends

29/10/2017 15:12

October 2017 PartnerRe and Advisen are proud to release a white paper that features the results of a comprehensive survey of the evolution of the market for cyber insurance, both first- and third-party coverage, and the factors and trends impacting that evolution. The 14-page paper also highlights...

Beazley reports nine-fold rise in data breaches due to social engineering

24/10/2017 17:01

New York, 24 October 2017 Specialist insurer Beazley’s third quarter 2017 Breach Insights report released today 24 October reveals the rapid growth of social engineering* attacks – scams involving deception - as a cause of data breaches reported to the insurer...

Privacy By Design (PbD) and Transparency Requirements Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as Fraud Prevention Tools by John.E. Giannakakis, Co-founder @The DPO Academy

22/10/2017 08:10

On 14th of April 2016 the European Parliament adopted the new General Data Privacy Regulation ("GDPR") The GDPR is a Regulation by which the European Commission intends to strengthen and unify data protection for individuals within the European Union (EU). It also addresses export of...

Cyber concerns increase as EU data protection deadline approaches

19/10/2017 06:50

As the May 2018 implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation approaches, cyber risk has become the top concern of a majority of executives in a Marsh survey. A global study of more than 1,300 senior executives found that 65% of respondents whose organizations offer...

e Health Forum 2017

18/10/2017 07:42

The eHealth Forum expands beyond its annual event to accommodate a larger ecosystem with growing needs and flourishing activities, including monthly meetups, event missions, business delegations abroad, face to face business meetings, young people education, hackathons, supporting...

Beazley Breach Insights: Healthcare Special Edition Report

17/10/2017 10:04

All organizations face the reality that data breaches have become inevitable. And the stakes are high: you hold personal data in trust for your customers, employees and patients. The volume of protected health information (PHI) maintained by healthcare organizations and the digitization of...

Report: GDPR Preparedness: An Indicator of Cyber Risk Management

17/10/2017 07:21

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most significant overhaul of privacy law in a generation, introducing sweeping changes to Europe’s data protection and privacy rules. It establishes strict global requirements governing how organizations that do business in the EU must manage...

Report: NetDiligence Cyber Claims Study 2017

11/10/2017 11:05

NetDiligence®, a leading provider of cyber risk readiness and response services, announced today it has published its seventh annual Cyber Claims Study, a study of actual losses for data breach events covered by leading cyber liability insurance carriers. This year’s study contrasts and...

InfoSec 2017: Can you purchase your way to GDPR compliance?

07/10/2017 15:43

In a room full of people selling boxes to help with GDPR compliance, SC was told there is no box that can make you GDPR compliant. Will money solve the problem of compliance? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is not about products, stated Ilias...

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