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Cyber liability must have for businesses by William Lako Jr

25/05/2014 09:42
Business insurance is a boring but necessary element to any business. Yet knowing there have been more than half a billion data breaches in the past nine years, business owners may want to take notice. That number is no joke. The Identity Theft Resource Center reports 630,432,294 individual names,...

Increasing Data Breach Costs Should Lead to a Review of Insurance Policies and Vendor Contracts by Scott Godes

25/05/2014 09:31
The Ponemon Institute has released its 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis.  The Ponemon 2014 study, (additional registration is required), offers fascinating insights into the changing world of data breaches, data security, data privacy and...

As data breaches mount, it's time for corporate directors to study up on cyber by Ryan McDonald

10/05/2014 19:23
When a data breach occurs and millions of users’ information is compromised, someone has to take the blame for it. Target Corp. CEO Gregg Steinhafel on Monday resigned from his position just months after the company’s much-publicized data breach. Although analysts suggest...

15 Recent Healthcare Data Breaches Written by Ayla Ellison

30/04/2014 00:02
  The following is a roundup of healthcare data breaches reported in the last 30 days, beginning with the most recent: 1. Laptops Stolen from New York Podiatrist's Office Contained 6,475 Patients' Information Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Sims and Associates Podiatry notified patients of...

What’s Next for Cyber Insurance? by Andrea Wells

21/04/2014 17:05
Back to the Beginning: Moving Beyond Breaches There’s a saying in the cybersecurity industry that there are two types of businesses today: Those that have been breached and know it and those that have been breached and just don’t know it.   Cyber-related data breach incidents increased in...

How closely is the board paying attention to cyber risks? By STEVEN P. BLONDER

19/04/2014 09:02
Bboard members should not expect a free pass. The reputation damage and soft costs from a data breach can be immeasurable. Board members can face liability, either for taking an action or failing to take action. As business becomes increasingly driven by technology on all levels, corporate...

How Marketers Should Prepare for and Communicate a Data Breach by Craig Swerdloff

30/03/2014 11:16
  Incidents of data theft are on the rise, as are the costs associated with them. A 2012 survey conducted by the National Cyber Security Alliance and McAfee found that one in four Americans had been officially notified that key elements of their personal information had...

Where next for the new EU data protection regulation? by Stewart Room

25/03/2014 22:24
The new European Union data protection regulation to replace the outdated 1995 directive will not be finalised before May's European Parliament elections.  The council of ministers’ lawyer is challenging the “one stop shop” principle, which is a major setback for the European Commission and...

Companies Turn to Cyber Insurance as Hacker Threats Mount

23/03/2014 17:15
By Matt Egan Published March 20, 2014 FOXBusiness Investors cringe when a company they own, such as Target (TGT) or Las Vegas Sands (LVS), suffers a cyber breach that results in the loss of customer or employee data. The...

The Big Issue Marketers Don't Want to Discuss, But They Must by Bryan Eisenberg

18/03/2014 22:16
It sounds like IT, not marketing! Data breach, identity protection, customer security – these are terms that never concerned marketers much. The breaches that retailers Target, Neiman Marcus, Zappos, and other brands like Evernote, Living Social, LinkedIn, and Adobe suffered have impacted the way...
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