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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...

Time to smell the coffee about Data Breaches by Kevin Duffey

25/04/2015 08:00
The largest, most popular and fastest growing coffee shop chain in Britain has just written to Loyalty Card members, announcing that their data has been breached. Costa Coffee and their owners, the Whitbread Group, deserve our sympathy.  It looks like they have suffered a criminal...

Cyber insurance no substitute for cyber security by Richard Pharro

24/04/2015 11:24
The surge in cyber insurance uptake underlines the attention cyber risk is now getting in the Boardroom and a greater understanding of cyber security issues across British industry.   There is an expectation the cyber insurance market is set to grow significantly throughout 2015 and beyond. In...

General insurance is not cyberinsurance

23/04/2015 14:12
A major problem, according to Tracie Grella, global head of professional liability for New York-based insurance provider AIG Inc., is that enterprises often mistakenly believe that general insurance will cover cyberattacks, which is rarely true. "When you're seeing in the news about cyberinsurance...

What happens when the economics of everything meet the internet of things? by Miles Mckenna

23/04/2015 11:09
When we think of eradicating extreme poverty, most of us associate this idea with the provision of basic needs. Food. Water. Shelter. Some argue to include clean air, security, even access to basic healthcare and primary education. But what about access to the internet? Where does the internet fit...

50 billion connected IoT devices by 2020 by Jaclyn Brandt

23/04/2015 07:50
Even though there are only 15 billion devices on the Internet of Things (IoT) today,  a new report found that there will be 50 billion devices by 2020 -- according to a new report by Cisco and DHL.  According to Cisco, the increased deployment will affect utilities in many ways. The...
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