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Cyber Decider: Cyber insurance comparison engine launches

04/10/2017 16:11

Brokers and comparison engines haven’t always gone hand in hand – from Gocompare to Moneysupermarket, the big comparison websites have widely been viewed as taking business away from the broker. However, now a comparison engine has launched that it claims is not only a “world first” but also has...

European Cyber Security Month: United against Cyber Security Threats

03/10/2017 06:11

October 2017 is European Cyber Security Month and this year marks the 5th year anniversary of the European Cyber Security Month campaign. Over 300 activities to promote safety online will be taking place throughout Europe during the European Cyber Security Month , such as...

The #CyberAvengers Playbook The Non-Technical, No Nonsense Guide For Directors, Officers, and General Counsels

02/10/2017 21:26

Cybersecurity, as many organizations practice it today, is broken. Everybody is feeling the pressure as competitors and partners alike dread a breach. Leadership can’t be left in the dark due to technobabble, a lack of resources, or excuses as to why cyber risk cannot be measured. FireEye is proud...

High-profile breaches to drive cyber insurance uptake: Fitch

29/09/2017 11:32

The global premium volume for cyber insurance is set to grow six- to eightfold within a decade, Fitch Ratings Inc. said Wednesday, driven by such incidents as the breach at credit monitoring agency Equifax Inc. In the report Cyber Insurance — Risks and Opportunities, Fitch said the current global...

Business owners are still unprepared for new legislation that could see them fined millions

24/09/2017 07:35

Upcoming GDPR legislation strategy is proving elusive for SME business owners, and security of metadata is still under-acknowledged. New research has revealed that two thirds of SME business owners have either no plan in place to tackle, or no knowledge of new upcoming General Data Protection...

Gemalto Report: 1.9B consumer data records compromised in first half of 2017

24/09/2017 07:25

Gemalto, a provider of digital security, has released findings from the Breach Level Index, a global database that tracks data breaches and measures their severity. According to a press release, the index showed that 918 data breaches resulted in 1.9 billion compromised data records worldwide in...

The cyber liability insurance market rises

20/09/2017 06:01

As reports about cyber risk in the press and board agendas abound, companies are looking to manage that risk. Even with mitigation, risk always remains. A cyber insurance program covering those losses is increasingly seen as part of the solution. Insurance...

Underwriting cyber risk for multinational companies with the Europe's GDPR

14/09/2017 11:37

How Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impacts cyber insurance. Beginning on May 25, 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect. This particular law will have sweeping impacts across the supply chain, which will include the...

Avoiding the GDPR iceberg - data protection in the shipping industry

13/09/2017 10:47

Businesses now have less than nine months to prepare for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which overhauls a data protection regime dating from 1995. The GDPR becomes effective across the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the UK, from 25 May 2018. It will also apply to a...

Hospitality: Unprepared for GDPR

11/09/2017 11:22

The hotel industry is considered one of the most vulnerable to data threats. According to Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report 1, the hotel industry accounts for one of the highest number of breaches in any sector and has the highest volume, when it comes to lost cards following a...

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