Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

On January 18, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter 2019-1 (the Circular Letter), addressing insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources in underwriting for life insurance. Unlawful Discrimination.

Insurance 68

Insurance Financial Services Compliance Retail 68

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. For the insurance industry, working with clients to help them tackle these challenges is vital to ensuring businesses operate in as safe an environment as possible.

Risk 189

Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities Marketing 189

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

The most targeted country in the world: the USA Ransomlooker data shows that the most targeted countries over the past four years are the same top five countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and France. This group primarily focused its attacks on the construction, manufacturing/industrial, and retail industries.

Ransomware 127

Ransomware Manufacturing Retail Insurance 127

Schneier on Security

APRIL 12, 2018

Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws. BoingBoing article.

Insurance 48

Insurance Cybersecurity Data breaches Retail 48

Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

The answer may no longer be a mystery: KrebsOnSecurity found compelling clues suggesting the intrusion was carried out by the same Russian hacking crew that stole of millions of payment card records from big box retailers like Home Depot and Target in the years that followed. state tax database, without naming the state. .”

Sales 223

Sales Retail Insurance Access 223

CGI

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The growing importance of dynamic pricing and rating in insurance. On June 20, 2016, CGI held a roundtable discussion on dynamic rating and pricing in the insurance industry that involved nearly all major Dutch insurers. This is in contrast to the traditional cost-plus approach to pricing in the insurance industry.

Insurance 69

Insurance Retail Sales Risk 69

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. TB of ASA Electronics data to its leak site The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is attempting to extort a ransom from ASA Electronics for 2.7 Data breached: 2.7

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s digital age where data stands as a prized asset, generative AI serves as the transformative tool to mine its potential. Businesses globally recognize the power of generative AI and are eager to harness data and AI for unmatched growth, sustainable operations, streamlining and pioneering innovation.

Analytics 86

Analytics Retail Cloud Insurance 86

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

vpnMentor researchers discovered that the popular digital wallet application Key Ring exposed data belonging to millions of users in a huge data leak. Further investigation allowed the experts to discovered other unsecured S3 buckets belonging to the company that were also exposing sensitive data. ” continues the report.

Retail 107

Retail Encryption Insurance Passwords 107

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4 Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Artificial Intelligence 98

Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Security Ransomware 98

IT Governance

JUNE 30, 2022

Welcome to our June 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. million) Brazilian retailer Fast Shop confirms cyber attack (unknown) ADM Associates announces security incident (unknown) Guardian Fueling Technologies has been hacked (unknown) Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Blockchain 136

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Hannah Anderson was breached.

Data breaches 107

Data breaches Retail Cloud Insurance 107

erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

Keeping up with new data protection regulations can be difficult, and the latest – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – isn’t the only new data protection regulation organizations should be aware of. A number of high-profile data breaches and scandals have increased public awareness of the issue.

GDPR 100

GDPR e-Discovery Compliance Metadata 100

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

It’s simply the case that in the majority of cases, the breached organisation didn’t reveal how much data was compromised, either because it didn’t know or wasn’t obliged to reveal it publicly. Data breaches. But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

Artificial Intelligence 88

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 88

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

Welcome to our May 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. We identified 77 security incidents during the month, resulting in 49,782,129 compromised records. You can find the full list below, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Education 126

Information Management Resources

APRIL 8, 2018

Retailers mull acquisition of health insurers, with their information assets and analytics prowess as potential prizes.

Insurance 29

Insurance Retail Analytics 29

IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In Florida and California, where hurricanes and wildfires respectively have become more rampant, some insurance providers are choosing to stop servicing these regions entirely. In retail, for example, use future flood risk predictions to inform store location planning, raw material procurement, and inventory supply chain logistics.

Energy and Utilities 96

Energy and Utilities Insurance Risk Retail 96

Information Management Resources

JANUARY 8, 2020

Richard White joins the insurer from the Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y.

Retail 49

Retail Insurance 49

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Data Breach Dashboard For a quick, one-page overview of this month’s findings, please use our Data Breach Dashboard: Note: From this month, zero-day vulnerabilities are excluded from the ‘unpatched or misconfigured’ category. You’ll also be able to download this in the near future, along with the month’s data (and our sources).

Data breaches 113

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 113

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

But there were dozens of other cyber attacks and data breaches where the organisation either didn’t know or reveal the extent of the damage. Data breaches. Agnes Medical Center patient data compromised in email breach at St. You can find our full list of incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A data breach suffered by Luxottica has exposed the personal and health information of patients of LensCrafters, Target Optical, and EyeMed. The exposed financial data includes budgets, marketing forecast analysis, and other sensitive data. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Data breaches 79

Data breaches Insurance Retail Ransomware 79

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

.” The CPU will address critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Essbase, Graph Server and Client, Secure Backup, Communications Applications, Communications, Construction and Engineering, Enterprise Manager, Financial Services Applications, Fusion Middleware, Insurance Applications, PeopleSoft, Support Tools, and Utilities Applications.

Communications 110

Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 110

Reltio

JUNE 12, 2020

Title: Founder & Data Governance Consultant. 1 sentence company description: DataZed is a consultancy that works with organizations to improve their data quality, data governance and data strategy. In 1 or 2 short sentences, what makes a great data innovator? Company: DataZed.

Insurance 52

Insurance Customer Experience B2B MDM 52

Adam Levin

APRIL 10, 2019

A security analysis of 30 major banking and financial apps has shown major security holes and a lax approach to protecting user data. Among the most alarming finding was the practice of embedding and hard-coding of private certificates and API keys into banking apps.

Retail 74

Retail Security Insurance Encryption 74

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Hunton & Williams Insurance Litigation & Counseling partner Lon Berk reports: As the demand for cyber insurance has skyrocketed, so too has the cost. New payment technologies, however, will change the need for this type of cyber insurance. As these payment technologies become prevalent in the U.S.,

Insurance 40

Insurance Retail Sales Risk 40

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2020

Cybersecurity experts say the raid included the charging of a major carding kingpin thought to be tied to dozens of carding shops and to some of the bigger data breaches targeting western retailers over the past decade. Flint is among the biggest players in the crowded underground market for stolen credit card data, according to a U.S.

Retail 277

Retail Insurance Cybersecurity Data breaches 277

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches. victim of a cyber attack (unknown) Berkshire Partners LLC announces data breach (unknown) United HealthCare Services, Inc. victim of a cyber attack (unknown) Berkshire Partners LLC announces data breach (unknown) United HealthCare Services, Inc. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news….

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 116

CGI

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Digital Customer Experience is becoming the deciding battlefield on the insurance landscape. Although the CDO today is more commonly used for your Chief Data Officer, with CX typically being owned by the Chief Customer Officer (CCO). p.butler@cgi.com. Wed, 02/28/2018 - 10:36.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Insurance Artificial Intelligence Retail 40

CGI

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Digital Transformation in UK General Insurance: Where do MGAs fit in? A lot of attention has been drawn to the digital developments that are being undertaken by insurers in the direct marketplace, but whilst direct is an important market, transformation of the indirect channel is also deserving of more attention. harini.kottees….

Digital transformation 40

Digital transformation Insurance Marketing Retail 40

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2021 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 14-17, 2021. Highlights include, among others, adoption of revised risk-based capital bond factors for life insurers, amendments to SSAP No. NAIC Adopts Revised Risk-Based Capital Bond Factors for Life Insurers.

Insurance 88

Insurance e-Delivery Paper Sales 88

The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

In this episode of the podcast (#212), Brandon Hoffman, the CISO of Intel 471 joins us to discuss that company’s latest report that looks at China’s diversified marketplace for stolen data and stolen identities. The post Episode 212: China’s Stolen Data Economy (And Why We Should Care) appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Big data Retail Insurance 52

IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2019

US food giant Mondelez is suing insurance company Zurich American for denying a $100 million (£76 million) claim filed after the NotPetya attack. In that regard, it was a job well done, with one report estimating that insurers could expect to pay out more than $80 billion (£61 billion) as a result of the attack.

Insurance 53

Insurance Ransomware Government Paper 53

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. The Privacy Working Group has been reviewing state insurance privacy protections regarding the collection, ownership, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions.

Insurance 78

Insurance Paper Privacy Risk 78