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How the Internet of Things Will Transform Retirement by Joseph Coughlin

01/05/2015 19:05
Two converging technology-enabled innovations are creating a new future of old age. They also present new investment opportunities while challenging existing businesses serving an aging population. The Internet of Things describes when “things” begin to talk to each other through the Internet....

Security chiefs don’t believe insurers will pay out on cyber claims By Sooraj Shah

01/05/2015 19:03
Chief information security officers (CISOs) don't believe that cyber insurance policies will pay up when they need to make a claim, according to a survey of senior information security professionals. The survey found that the most common reason for not purchasing a cyber-insurance policy was the...

A View from Europe

30/04/2015 09:53
A Q&A with Nick Beecroft of Lloyd’s of London New regulation and awareness around growing threats such as operational attacks is changing the face of the European insurance market. I talked to Nick Beecroft, emerging risks and research manager at Lloyd’s of London, about his work assessing...

Internet of things coming to banking by John Ginovsky

30/04/2015 09:13
By now, most people have at least heard the term “internet of things” and have at least a hazy understanding of what it means. Sometimes this concept is referred to as “M2M”—“machine-to-machine”—communication. In general, it refers to the phenomenon where one device—say, an ATM—automatically relays...

Internet of Things Reaches Into the Trucking Business by ERICA E. PHILLIPS

30/04/2015 09:11
The Internet of Things, it seems, is coming to your local truck stop. Recently, Saia LTL Freight Inc. began employing Internet-enabled Intel Corp.technology on its fleet of more than 3,000 trucks. Sensors installed on Saia’s vehicles enabled the company to track maintenance...

Is cyber-liability insurance the answer to data breaches? by Lisa R. Lifshitz

29/04/2015 21:55
There is no doubt the world can be a scary and threatening place in which to do business. Cyber attacks are on the rise. Estimates show cybercriminals unleash 3.5 new threats targeting small and medium businesses every second. Small businesses are now the target of 31 per cent of all attacks,...

Cyber-Attacks, and the Seven Steps to Protect Your Advisory Business Against Them by Bettina Eckerle

25/04/2015 15:17
It sounds futuristic, or like CSI: Cyber, a sci-fi world of white hat/ black hat hackers, and of constant threats to national security and the financial markets caused by the digital world we live in. Based on the latest SEC and FINRA reports on topic, however, fiction seems to...

For Lawyers, RSA Security Conference is a Hot Ticket by Patience Haggin

25/04/2015 15:09
SAN FRANCISCO — Every year since 2002, Cooley special counsel Randy Sabett has spent a week at the RSA Conference. RSA is the world's biggest security conference, and it's long drawn tens of thousands of professionals—engineers, risk managers, executives, entrepreneurs—to share threat scenarios and...

Cybersecurity in M&A transactions Borden by Isabella Mentina - Ladner Gervais LLP

25/04/2015 15:05
Firms engaged in mergers and acquisitions need to ensure from the outset that their communications are taking place in a cyber-secure environment. Online data rooms are rich targets for cyber criminals. The flow of information between buyers, targets and their consultants is particularly tempting,...

The Internet of Pigs is set to fly by Anita Podsiadlo

25/04/2015 08:27
General Alert (GA), producers of sensors and monitoring technology on farms, is working with Internet of Things (IoT) company 1248 to improve the welfare of pigs, poultry and other livestock and provide early warning of transmitted diseases. GA is using 1248’s new Geras IoT database and...
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