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Six Tips For Using The Digital Security As A Marketing Tool by Vijay Web Solutions

10/01/2015 20:43

With the increasing use of the internet for shopping, financial transactions, access to restricted documents and exchanges of confidential information, also raised concern and end-user demand for the safety of these environments. Thus, offer a secure site ceased to be just an obligation of the IT...

Sony Pictures CEO says cyber attack cost covered by insurance

10/01/2015 16:03

LOS ANGELES: Sony Pictures Entertainment chief executive Michael Lynton said the costs from the devastating cyber attack on the Hollywood studio will be completely covered by insurance and will not lead to further cost-cutting. "I would say the cost is far less than anything anybody is...

Cyber security: Net threats rise by James Dunn, Business Journal Staff Reporter

06/01/2015 21:11

Expert: 97% of businesses’ computer systems are hacked. Companies are increasingly vulnerable as Internet security declines. Sony Pictures Entertainment officials in December bowed to cyber attacks and online threats and halted its Christmas Day release of The Interview, a satiric film about...

Privacy Concerns Grow as “Smart Appliances” Provide Voluntary and Involuntary Access to Our Homes by Todd Rowe

06/01/2015 07:49

We recently took a look at concerns with information gathered by our “smart vehicles.” Recent reports indicate privacy concerns should not be limited to the technology in the vehicle in your driveway. For example, we are now being warned that everything from smart...

A Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Cyber Insurance by Sean Hoar and Sanjay Nangia

04/01/2015 07:35

On an almost daily basis, you are reminded of why you should worry about the security of your company’s data and information systems. Whether it be from headlines in hard copy, broadcast, or online media, your senses have been slammed with one sensational story after another about increasingly...

Data Breach Concerns With “Smart Vehicles” Shift Into Overdrive by Todd Rowe

04/01/2015 07:32

The vehicles we drive are becoming more like smart phones every day. Like smart phones, vehicles store valuable data that can be hacked. The vehicles currently on the market are equipped with everything from GPS capabilities to “black boxes,” similar to airplane flight recorders, which store data...

Cybersecurity 2015: Are We Near End of Big Retail Hacks? by Ben Dipietro Wall Street Journal

01/01/2015 13:07

Cybersecurity emerged as a much bigger risk for companies in 2014, and is likely to be a hot topic again in 2015. Given the importance of the subject—readers in our year-end compliance poll said cybersecurity would be the top compliance issue in 2015—we asked some top cybersecurity and...

Should Your Business Buy Cyber Insurance? by Jeff Peters

31/12/2014 08:25

Despite recent growth in the cyber insurance market, driven in part by a half dozen high-profile breaches making headlines in 2014, there's still a high level of confusion about coverage from business owners and even those who write the policies – as new attacks and new court cases continue to...

Cyber crime and the shipping industry

30/12/2014 11:17

This joint article from Kroll and diversified marine insurance provider Skuld was originally published as a Skuld member advisory. With the international shipping industry estimated to carry over 90 percent of today’s world trade, the temptation for criminals has never been greater. Savvy...

Auto insurers warily eye Google, Apple

29/12/2014 07:52

Tech giants loom as competitors in driver-monitoring devices Car-insurance industry, meet potential disrupters Google and Apple. Currently, nearly all mainstream insurers that offer driver-monitoring programs use relatively expensive devices that plug into a portal under the dashboard. Usage-based...

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