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On Cybersecurity Insurance

Schneier on Security

Good paper on cybersecurity insurance: both the history and the promise for the future. From the conclusion: Policy makers have long held high hopes for cyber insurance as a tool for improving security. Cyber insurance appears to be a weak form of governance at present.

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Best Practices Q&A: Guidance about what directors need to hear from CISOs — from a board member

The Last Watchdog

Related: The ‘cyber’ case for D&O insurance Vanessa Pegueros knows this all too well. She serves on the board of several technology companies and also happens to be steeped in cyber risk governance. Last Watchdog engaged Pegueros after her presentation to drill down on some of the notions she highlighted in her talk.

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How to make sure your cyber insurance policy pays out

IT Governance

Cyber insurance is big business these days. With the ever-present danger of data breaches and cyber attacks, organisations must be sure that they have the financial backing to respond appropriately. The most common reasons that insurers reject cyber insurance claims are organisations’ failure to.

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Unemployment Insurance Fraud and Identity Theft: Up Close and Personal

Lenny Zeltser

The most likely way in which you’ll learn that you’ve fallen victim to the identity theft-based unemployment insurance scam is by receiving an unsolicited debit card in the mail. People in New York, where I live, use ny.gov for many interactions with the state government. There is no evidence of the claim in my account.

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Do more with trusted data: Join us at Data Citizens ’24

Collibra

While AI offers great opportunities, it can also present enormous risks. With the increased focus on AI, organizations need to prepare for the future with strong AI governance to mitigate risks and increase ROI. Introducing Data Citizens ‘24 Many organizations are just at the beginning of their AI governance journey.

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Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data

Krebs on Security

. “In January and February 2023, I contacted government organizations and several companies, but I did not receive any response from these organizations,” Akiri said. Unfortunately, I did not receive any responses from government organizations.” government in February about his findings, but received no response.

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Governance, Technology, and Capitalism.

John Battelle's Searchblog

Our lives are now driven in large part by data, code, and processing, and by the governance of algorithms. I’ve always marveled at libertarians who think the best regulatory framework for government is none at all. Do they think that means there’s no governance ? We call these systems government. Whose will?