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‘No emails, no phones, nothing’: How Saudi Aramco - the world's biggest oil company - survived a debilitating cyber attack by Stephen McBride

13/08/2015 13:07

An independent cyber security consultant has described how Saudi Aramco had to get by on typewriters and paper, after the August 2012 cyber-attack that disabled more than 30,000 of the company's workstations for almost two weeks. A cyber cabal calling itself "Cutting Sword of Justice" launched the...

IoT boom needs to be matched by security - report by Hannah Breeze

13/08/2015 09:58

The risk of security breaches is higher than ever thanks to the boom in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, according to an industry group, which has published a list of guidelines on how to keep IoT kit secure. The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) – whose members include Microsoft and Symantec – has...

Halting the brain drain: Can insurance protect its intellectual legacy? by John Mountford

13/08/2015 09:41

The insurance industry is built on the skill of its underwriters in assessing and pricing risk, but there are some indicators that suggest an aging workforce combined with a continuing lack of contract certainty could be creating future challenges. Steps should be taken now to record the...

PwC report list cyber risk, interest rate, tax burden as major challenges facing insurance

12/08/2015 09:48

A report, Insurance Banana Skins 2015, a global study conducted by CSFI (Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation) in conjunction with PwC polled over 800 insurance practitioners and industry observers in 54 countries, by PriceWaterHouse Coppers (PwC) that chart the top risks in...

Locke Lord Privacy White Paper, 2015 Edition – “Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy and Data Breach Risks” by Locke Lord Publications

12/08/2015 09:43

Locke Lord’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group White Paper, “Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy and Data Breach Risks” discusses legal and regulatory privacy, data security and breach notification developments, exposures presented by data breaches, privacy issues arising out of new technologies, recent...

How Absolut Vodka will use the Internet of Things to sell more than 'static pieces of glass' by Shona Ghosh

07/08/2015 10:37

Most FMCG companies sell 'dead products', in that once they're off the shelf, there's little more a brand can do to talk to a consumer. The Internet of Things promises to change this, signalling a future where beer bottles, trainers and fire alarms are connected to the internet and can...

INTERNET OF THINGS AND CYBERSECURITY by Kevin L. LaRoche & Scott Widdowson

07/08/2015 10:33

Introduction The "Internet of Things" (IoT) is the developing web of objects embedded with microchips capable of allowing sending and receiving data, and so connecting them to the network we call the Internet. In an article in the Harvard Business Review late last year, Michael Porter and James...

Fiat Chrysler Auto Recall Highlights Rising Fears About IoT Hacking

04/08/2015 21:34

NEWS ANALYSIS: The recall of 1.4 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles to update software to prevent a difficult-to-execute hack of onboard control systems highlights the rising fears about Internet of things security. The hacking and remote takeover of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee by a pair of security...

Cyber insurance market to hit US$10 billion by 2020, ABI Research suggests

03/08/2015 12:31

Risks will drive a US$10 billion cyber insurance market by 2020, suggests ABI Research, a London, United Kingdom-based technology market intelligence company with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. With over 900 million reported records exposed in 2014, ABI Research said in...

2015 Black Hat Attendee Survey

03/08/2015 06:25

2015: Time to Rethink Enterprise IT Security Executive Summary In 2015, enterprises will spend more than $71.1 billion on information security – more than they have ever spent before, according to Gartner Group figures. Yet, the incidence of major data breaches – as evidenced by compromises at...

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