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10 Tips to Secure Passwords by Robert Siciliano

15/02/2015 07:23
Ever wonder just how hackers bust into systems and cause destruction? One reason is because people are still using weak passwords. While your pet’s name and wedding anniversary dates are easy to remember and sentimental to use, this approach makes a hacker’s job all too easy. Here are 10 things you...

Privacy is Sexy

15/02/2015 07:10
In honor of Valentine’s Day, let’s celebrate the many ways in which privacy is sexy. Just like Justin Timberlake once encouraged us to "bring sexy back," how can we "bring privacy back" into our daily lives? Think privacy isn’t sexy? Which would you rather: Leave a little to the imagination, or put...

Case Study: Using Insurance to Protect Corporate Financial Objectives by Phil Ellis

15/02/2015 07:04
Optimizing insurance programs to act as a hedge to protect corporate financial objectives enables insurance buyers to deliver insurance programs that are superior in value and efficiency. Using insurance to reduce the volatility of an organization’s financial results moves insurance spend from...

Diversifying for a storm of cyber aggregation By Erin Ayers

13/02/2015 13:32
In the mid-2000s, U.S. property insurers underwent an intensive effort to analyze their books of business for over-concentration of risks, particularly along the nation’s coastline. Insurers worried that a major hurricane or storm would wipe out years of reserves and sought to become more...

Data Breaches and Security in Human Resources by: Ani Khachatoorian

13/02/2015 10:01
As a Human Resources professional, I have learned (sometimes painfully) of the need to be “security aware” regarding the data for which I am responsible. Today’s HR departments house vast amounts of data in various databases, some of which are managed on premises by our local IT departments,...

Cyber is no longer just about data breaches

11/02/2015 14:38
Cyber risk is no longer just about data breaches and must be addressed as a global concern. That is the opinion of Graeme Newman, director, CFC Underwriting, speaking at the Cyber Risk Insurance Insights Conference in London today. Last year saw $350 million headline losses by cyber alone, with...

Marketers, Please Tell Me You've Got a Better Plan for Privacy by Sam Pfeifle

08/02/2015 12:07
Consumers Don't Need to 'Stop Whining About Privacy.' They Need More Transparency. As someone interacting with privacy professionals on a daily basis, I was struck by this recent column in Ad Age. It seems designed to provoke a reaction from those in the privacy community, particularly...

3 Ways Cyber Insurance Will Improve Security Performance by Ira Scharf

07/02/2015 16:23
Cyber insurance saw record growth in 2014. In fact, Advisen’s buyer penetration index showed a five-fold increase in cyber insurance purchases from 2006 to 2013, demonstrating that many organizations have recognized the value in outsourcing corporate cyber risk. Naysayers, however, warn that this...

The cyber insurance cleanup crew: A look inside a data breach response team by David Weldon

07/02/2015 16:15
Later this month, Katherine Keefe expects to mark a very significant--and troubling--milestone. Her data breach response team at Beazley Insurance expects to investigate its 2,000th data breach. "We'll be handling our 2,000th breach probably at the end of February if the numbers continue...

European cyber market developing with different focus than U.S. by Erin Ayers

06/02/2015 14:10
The European cyber insurance market has developed at a slower pace and has not taken off in the way that the U.S. scene has due to a different cultural view toward data privacy and liability, but that could soon change depending on regulatory shifts and more awareness of the cyber threats that...
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