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Health data breaches: Why size doesn't matter by Rick Kam, President and co-founder, ID Experts

05/05/2015 14:07
Big breaches make for big news: Anthem, Heartland Payment Systems, Sony, Target, to name just a few. The causes of these big breaches are numerous: big data and information integration provide a...

Ten Cybersecurity Concerns for Every Board of Directors by John Reed Stark and David R. Fontaine*

02/05/2015 23:11
Every board now knows its company will fall victim to a cyber-attack, and even worse, that the board will need to clean up the mess and superintend the fallout. Yet cyber-attacks can be...

Zurich reaches settlement with Sony over PlayStation hack by Caitlin Bronson

02/05/2015 21:37
The coverage dispute over the 2011 hacking of Sony’s PlayStation Network has been settled. According to Thursday reports, Sony Corp. and Zurich America Insurance agreed to settle for an undisclosed...

Cyber insurance not trusted by business, KPMG claims by Tom Reeve

02/05/2015 21:30
Senior heads of security don't trust cyber-insurance products, viewing with scepticism the chances of getting a payout in the event of a cyber-attack, according to research from KPMG.   Based...

Privacy tips for the Internet of Things

01/05/2015 19:16
Worried that your connected devices are collecting too much personal data? Here's what you can do. If you don’t like the idea of being tracked by your devices,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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