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UK study highlights shortcomings on approach to cyber security

13/05/2016 07:25

Many UK companies lack formal cyber security policies and a plan to manage incidents when they occur, according to newly published research commissioned by the UK government. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2016 revealed that 65% of major UK businesses experienced at least one cyber...

Agents were responsible for new cyberbullying insurance, Chubb says

13/05/2016 07:23

Chubb’s relatively new cyberbullying endorsement on its homeowners coverage was created largely due to the influence of its insurance agents, the company said recently. Christie Alderman, a Chubb executive who works with agents, said that when she asked about the best way to help customers, “one...

How The Financial Services Sector Can Best Comply With The New EU Data Protection Regulation

12/05/2016 06:21

Data protection laws in Europe are more important than ever before individuals are becoming more and more sensitive about privacy, data protection breaches are daily headline news, and the regulatory regime is getting tougher. Download this white paper to explore Where this new...

Ammitec Cyber Security Awareness Guidelines

11/05/2016 22:15

AMMITEC, the Association of the Maritime Managers in Information Technology and Communictions have released a new set of Cyber Security Guidelines which have been developed as a means of mitigating the cyber security risks to which the vessels and Shipping companies are currently...

Hackers, phishers, and disappearing thumb drives: Lessons learned from major health care data breaches

10/05/2016 15:09

Health care services are complex and require many different entities to have access to patients’ medical data. Consider a simple office visit: in addition to the physician who sees the patient, it may involve an independent entity that facilitates the scheduling of the visit, an electronic medical...

Cyber risk awareness not turning into action, survey finds by Erin Ayers

09/05/2016 11:49

Many businesses, especially in Europe, fully understand the cyber risk they face, but have yet to implement solid plans to address it, including declining to buy cyber insurance, according to a new Risk:Value survey from NTT Com Security. “Study any risk-based discipline for...

The role of the Data Protection Officer in Europe

09/05/2016 11:43

The impending publication of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘the Regulation’) means that the role of the Data Protection Officer will at long last be given a Pan-European legislative construct. CURRENT POSITION There are already many multinationals that have a Chief Privacy Officer or...

Business interruption insurance moving into IT realm: NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit speaker

07/05/2016 19:14

More and more, the conversation surrounding business interruption (BI) is moving from the physical aspect of BI to the information technology side of things, attendees to the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit heard on Friday. Miki Ho, senior underwriter in the professional indemnity and...

After Bank of Greece, Cyprus Central Bank also reports cyber attack

07/05/2016 19:10

(Reuters) — The website of the Central Bank of Cyprus briefly came under cyber attack, days after a hacking collective said it conducted a similar attack on the Greek central bank’s site. The central bank’s website came under “some form of a denial-of-service” attack, a spokeswoman said on Friday,...

Where Europe leads in redefining data protection

07/05/2016 08:57

Europe is taking the lead in redefining data protection laws and that's not surprising given that attitudes to data and privacy run very deep in certain European countries for historical and cultural reasons. Privacy is a very fundamental right in Europe and the idea that you shouldn't be...

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