Data Breach Today

AUGUST 24, 2021

Insurers Have a Great Opportunity to Become Guardians of Customer Data Greater data-sharing opportunities and collaboration makes it easier to identify and understand good customers, not just the bad.

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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. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. trillion by 2025, a 300% increase since 2015 1.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Cyber Insurers Limit Financial Exposure While Risk Grows The Department of Treasury and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency are soliciting comments on whether risks to critical infrastructure from a catastrophic cyber attack - and the concurrent potential for ruinous financial exposure by insurers - should lead to a new federal approach.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

New outlook data from cyber insurance underwriters shows where they think the biggest threats will be in 2024… and what they think organizations.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 26, 2023

Exclusions and Reinsurance Bolster Resiliency to Extreme Cyber Risk A periodic stress test assessment of U.K. insurers by the Bank of England found underwriters mostly withstood extreme cyber events.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Integrated risk management (IRM) is a discipline designed to embed risk considerations for the use of technology throughout an organization. In other words, it links technology spending directly to the value of the resource protected and the associated risks controlled by that technology.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 21, 2023

The French Information and Digital Security Experts Club ( CESIN ) has estimated that 54% of French companies were subject to cyberattacks in 2021, [1] while France Assureurs has put cyberattack risks on top of all other risks for the sixth year in a row. [2] 12-10-1 into the French Insurance code.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2022

Organisations must always look for cost-effective ways to address the cyber security risks they face. With more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches last year , and organisations spending almost £3 million on average responding to security incidents , effective risk management is a top priority.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 As the number and severity of data breaches continues to rise, organizations are recognizing that those costs are not theoretical. Cyber Insurance is Booming. That’s a 29.1%

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2022

515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515 Information Security Program Requirements.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 23, 2022

Cyber liability insurance helps organisations cover the financial costs of a data breach. Without insurance, organisations spend £3.6 By purchasing cyber liability insurance, organisations gain the resources they need at a fraction of the cost. What does cyber insurance include?

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Schneier on Security

JULY 1, 2021

Here’s one more contribution to that issue: a research paper that the insurance industry is hurting more than it’s helping. Although it is a societal problem, cyber insurers have received considerable criticism for facilitating ransom payments to cybercriminals.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 20, 2020

To help mitigate the risk of financial losses, more companies are turning to cyber insurance. Related: Bots attack business logic Cyber insurance, like other forms of business insurance, is a way for companies to transfer some of numerous potential liability hits associated specifically with IT infrastructure and IT activities.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

AI Tools are Tempting Productivity Aides for Clinicians, But What Are the Patient Data Risks? What are the risks?

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 1, 2023

In this first of two posts, I investigate the anatomy of artificial intelligence and its impact on insurance. It represents AI that can sift through data and divide them into classes (of attributes) by learning the boundaries. It offers customers and the insurer’s system to interact in a human-like manner.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the need and scope for a potential federal insurance response to catastrophic cyber incidents, akin to the one put in place for terrorism insurance after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The request, published by the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the U.S. Background.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law has been adopted in at least 11 states, with several others (including New York) having implemented either older or similar laws or administrative guidance. appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog. See MCL § 500.555(9).).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.

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Information Matters

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Data has always been a core asset for the insurance industry. Understanding and calculating risk depends on accurate and timely data as well as the skills to manage it. The post LexisNexis Risk Solutions – helping the insurance industry innovate with data appeared first on Information Matters.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 15, 2020

That’s why they organisations increasingly relying on cyber insurance policies to cover the costs when data breaches and cyber attacks occur. But just how helpful is cyber insurance? What is cyber insurance? How does cyber insurance work? What does a cyber insurance policy cover? Who needs cyber insurance?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2022

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. The necessity for cyber-insurance coverage. With businesses becoming more and more digitized, they are exposed to greater cyber risks. Cyber risk insurance covers the costs of recovering from a security breach, a virus, or a cyber-attack. Tue, 05/10/2022 - 05:43.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The latest data shows that historically massive rate increases seen over the last few years are beginning to come down, primarily due to insurers having a solid understanding of the risk.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On November 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that First American Title Insurance Company (“First American”), the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, would pay a $1 million penalty for violations of the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation in connection with a 2019 data breach.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 4, 2023

IBM can help insurance companies insert generative AI into their business processes IBM is one of a few companies globally that can bring together the range of capabilities needed to completely transform the way insurance is marketed, sold, underwritten, serviced and paid for.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 27, 2024

As businesses make plans to mitigate climate risks such as extreme weather events, they have an opportunity to innovate with new business models and demonstrate leadership by implementing more sustainable practices. What is climate risk? Substantial repair costs might arise, particularly impacting insurance companies.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk management is a concept that has been around as long as companies have had assets to protect. The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. What is Cybersecurity Risk Management? Setting Up Your Risk Management System.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 4, 2022

How Cybersecurity Insurance Can Work To Help An Organization. For many years, organizations had limited options for addressing data protection risks. A company could never eliminate risk, but they could try to reduce or mitigate it. The function of cybersecurity insurance. What does cybersecurity insurance cover?

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 7, 2019

Eddie Chang, Travelers Insurance, cyber insurance, Quest Diagnostics, Optum360, breach, Labcorp, BioReference, AMCA, American Medical Collections Agency, vendor risk management, application security,

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

Clients of Health Insurer, Consultancy Among Those Affected Several recent health data breaches involving vendors - including more reports related to the Accellion file transfer appliance hack - show that managing vendor security risks remains a difficult ongoing challenge in the healthcare sector.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Lloyd’s of London has announced that its insurance policies will no longer cover losses resulting from certain nation-state cyber attacks or acts of war. In a memo sent to the organisation’s insurance syndicates , Underwriting Director Tony Chaudhry said that Lloyd’s remains “strongly supportive” of policies that cover cyber attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 26, 2023

CIAM in insurance: A unified, secure user experience with a single login madhav Fri, 05/26/2023 - 07:33 In recent years, the insurance industry has transformed from a singularly focused entity to a multi-brand or multi-service type of business. Adding value to the user experience (a top priority for 59% of insurers) 2.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

The insurance company Ace American has to pay for the losses: On 6th December 2021, the New Jersey Superior Court granted partial summary judgment (attached) in favour of Merck and International Indemnity, declaring that the War or Hostile Acts exclusion was inapplicable to the dispute. Merck suffered US$1.4 Merck suffered US$1.4

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Reltio

JUNE 9, 2022

The insurance industry is facing unprecedented disruption. Insurance carriers have been called to transform customer experience, business offerings, and operations. As an insurer, your current business models are being challenged by new thinking, new competitors, and new ways of working.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 27, 2023

LOPMI introduces amendments to the insurability of losses and damages paid in response to cyber-attacks, including in relation to ransom payments – requiring that the payment of insurance compensation be conditional on the filing of a complaint, within a 72 hour time frame, to competent authorities.

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 29, 2022

On July 13, 2022, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released its final Guideline B-13 (the Guideline), setting out technology and cyber risk management expectations for all federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs), such as banks, insurance and trust companies. Read the full update here.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Whether they’re taking small steps, such as installing antivirus software, or large ones, such as a GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance campaign, they consider it ‘job done’ when the implementation project is complete. That’s a problem when cyber risks are constantly evolving, as is the way your organisation operates.

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