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ADVISER: Cybersecurity tips for every business

07/08/2016 16:59

Every business is, almost by definition, unique. Each faces its own specific risks, including information security risks. Nevertheless, we have found 13 common principles at the heart of any enterprise’s information security profile. The order is not necessarily important, but a comprehensive...

Q&A: Threat awareness is driving cyber insurance market

28/07/2016 11:28

As cyber security has become an ever-more prominent issue, businesses have started to realise that, in the modern business landscape, cyber insurance is a necessity rather than an optional extra. With that in mind, we spoke to Geoff White from Lloyd’s of London about the growing cyber...

Specializing in Success

26/07/2016 07:46

The most talked-about exposure in today’s emerging risk landscape is cyber liability – but according to Richard Robin, it’s been on NAS Insurance’s radar for almost two decades. “We’ve been playing a role in cyber liability since 1998,” he says. So how does Robin think brokers can better assist...

Cyber Insurance for Law Firms

25/07/2016 07:21

Recent news stories focus on cyber attacks against large corporations, but about 30 percent of the victims of cyber crime are small businesses according to a report by Symantec(tinyurl.com/pfm5ogh). Large and small law firms have been the victims of cyber...

Beazley: Hackers target smaller financial institutions

21/07/2016 15:04

Hackers are training their sights increasingly on smaller financial institutions and their valuable client financial data. That does not mean that other businesses are no longer targets. During the first half of 2016, Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services managed 955 data...

EU regulators seek to mandate accountability

20/07/2016 15:07

In the race to compete in today’s digital world, organizations are using social, mobile, big data and analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to gather as much information on their customers as possible, while simultaneously trying to do everything possible to protect their organizations from...

Allianz sees cyber premiums as fire insurance of 21st century

14/07/2016 09:25

The growing threat of hacking and a duty to protect data more stringently will accelerate demand for cyber insurance in Europe, insurer Allianz said on Wednesday, as it launched its first product aimed at Germany's small-to-medium-sized manufacturers. Cyber insurance has been slow to take...

Does your organisation need to appoint a Data Protection Officer?

14/07/2016 09:21

Whether you are a public or private organisation you need to consider whether you are required to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) or whether compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“Regulation”) necessitates the appointment of a DPO. Who needs a DPO? The current view is...

Confusion over cyber insurance leads to coverage gaps by Clint Bulton

09/07/2016 12:08

Cyber insurance may be a booming business thanks to the high-profile breaches, but the market for such policies is a complicated, say experts from SANS Institute, Advisen and PivotPoint. Assessing damage after a major cybersecurity breach is one of the most harrowing things a CIO or CISO can...

Insurers ready for European cyber boom

09/07/2016 12:04

New regulations set to be introduced in Europe will boost demand for cyber insurance, and insurers which have already been operating in this space on the other side of the Atlantic look best placed to truly capitalise. Intelligent Insurer reports. The looming introduction of new data breach...

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