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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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

DECEMBER 8, 2023

.” This same sentiment can be true when it comes to a successful risk mitigation plan. The only way for effective risk reduction is for an organization to use a step-by-step risk mitigation strategy to sort and manage risk, ensuring the organization has a business continuity plan in place for unexpected events.

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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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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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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2020 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) from July 27 to August 14, 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NAIC held the Summer Meeting in a virtual format, with conference calls taking place over a three-week period.

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

In an increasingly digital world, there are an escalating number of cyber security risks for business to address. In this blog, we look at the top five cyber security risks that businesses face, and explain how you can prevent them. MFA authentication can also be used to protect organisations from the next risk on our list.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Fall 2018 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) in San Francisco, California, from November 15 to 18, 2018. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting. NAIC Continues its Evaluation of Insurers’ Use of Big Data. sector; and.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

TechCrunch has been tracking the fallout from victim organizations , which range from banks and insurance providers to universities and healthcare entities. MOVEit parent Progress Software has since released security updates to address the weakness, but Cl0p claims to have already used it to compromise hundreds of victim organizations.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The Summer Meeting was highlighted by the following activities. Under the Revised CFR Model Laws, a “reciprocal jurisdiction” includes (a) a non-U.S.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 24, 2018

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2018 National Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, from August 4 to 7, 2018. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting. NAIC Continues its Evaluation of Insurers’ Use of Big Data .

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Given the level of interest in the case, we have prepared a deeper-dive into the facts and the implications of the decision, with a focus on the important role played in the case by cyber insurance. For some time, cyber exposure has been at or near the top of every major company’s risk register. This is set out below. The context.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

RSA Conference 2023: Meet Thales Where the World Talks Security! Meet us at Booth #N-5369 for demonstrations on data security, customer and workforce identity, and post quantum cryptography – just to name a few. Security teams must build quantum resilience today to protect their business from emerging risks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 12, 2021

Protecting your organization from IT security risks is an ongoing, fluid task. As a savvy tech leader, you are likely hyperfocused on performing security risk audits to keep your networks strong and protected. Components of Security Risk Assessments. Cybersecurity preparedness/ insurance. Mobile devices. Data backups.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 19, 2022

In the M&A context, this valuable information is either the driving force of the deal or a significant area of risk requiring special consideration, from due diligence to the drafting of substantive provisions of a purchase agreement. In our previous update we discussed protecting business data in a commercial context. Indemnities.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Finally, the investigation indicated that GRBH violated the HIPAA Privacy Rule by failing to meet the requirement not to use or disclose PHI except as permitted by the Rule. It filed a breach report with OCR in February 2019, which then investigated the organization’s data practices starting in December 2019.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Policies Offer Incentives for Good Information Security Practices Apple and Cisco say they've partnered with insurers Aon and Allianz to offer cyber insurance policies for organizations that meet best security practices and use products from the technology companies.

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2018

A report published by research and consultancy company Celent highlights the challenges that the GDPR presents to insurers. Insurers are data controllers: a person, public authority, agency or body that determines the purpose of processing personal data. Steps insurers should take to become GDPR compliant.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2023

In other words, they shouldn’t detail how cybersecurity spending drives revenue and that cuts to the security program directly affect relationships and requirements with three key constituencies: customers, insurers, and regulators. Ultimately, cybersecurity can become a profit center when customers, insurers, and regulators require it.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. This is because third-party risk has become a huge problem for enterprises in the digital age. Cyber risks profiling. based CyberGRX. Cyber hygiene boost.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

. “The Hacker-Powered Security Report makes clear that hackers are actively growing their skillsets to meet emerging threats. The versatility of hackers and the impact of the vulnerabilities they surface make them instrumental to how our customers anticipate and address risk.”

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

Organizations in the financial services, healthcare and other regulated sectors must place an even greater focus on managing risk—not only to meet compliance requirements, but also to maintain customer confidence and trust. Similarly, in the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 13, 2023

On June 6, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued their final Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships (“Guidance”).

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 15, 2024

How do organizations avoid the digital risks of ‘technology misuse’ and achieve efficient innovation that ‘technology promotes production’? As an insurance company integrating technology into the new development landscape, BoB-Cardif Life Insurance Co.,

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Third-party risk management.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 9, 2023

On March 3, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) Board held a public meeting regarding the Agency’s priorities, budget, the status of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) rulemaking process and the activities of the CPPA subcommittees.

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2019

An RTP (risk treatment plan) is an essential part of an organisation’s ISO 27001 implementation process, as it documents the way your organisation will respond to identified threats. What are your risk treatment options? What are your risk treatment options? Avoid the risk by ceasing any activity that creates it.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2018

A number of the key deadlines have already passed, so all Scottish public bodies must now have: Implemented minimum cyber risk governance arrangements; and. In addition to meeting the requirements of Cyber Essentials, organisations must undergo an internal assessment and internal scan conducted on-site by the certification body.

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Information Governance Perspectives

MAY 8, 2020

Hunter, Dr. Tao Jin, Dr. Patricia Franks, Rae Lynn Haliday, Cheryl Pederson, and Wendy McLain on the topic of Meeting Evolving Business Needs – A Conversation Between RIM Educators and Thought Leaders. … It’s really a surreal time to be having a discussion about meeting evolving business needs don’t you think?

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Third party cyber risk is growing. In this Spotlight Podcast, a companion to our new eBook, Rethinking Third Party Cyber Risk Management, we go deep on the topic of building a mature third party cyber risk program with Dave Stapleton the Director of Assessment. » Related Stories Third Party Cyber Risk is growing.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

” Ocean acidification: Marine life is also at risk from ocean acidification, stemming from greenhouse gas emissions and the greater concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Most of those at risk of climate change-linked hunger are in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, according to the World Bank.

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IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

There are 46 standards in total in the series (although only a few apply to every organisation), of which ISO 27005 , the risk management standard, is arguably the most important and easiest to get wrong. What is risk management? Assessing these risks helps inform your decision about the best way to reduce risk to an acceptable level.

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AIIM

JUNE 2, 2023

During a member-only meet-up on May 25, 2023, AIIM brought together industry experts such as John Daly (Fruit of the Loom) and Kramer Reeves (Work-Relay) to discuss the attraction of a career in information management. Information managers improve business processes, reduce organizational risk, save money, and ensure compliance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To manage the risk of potential insider and outsider threats while ensuring operational efficiency, airport authorities must accurately credential each employee in line with federal and airport-specific regulations; therefore, identity and access management play a crucial role. Integrate separate siloed systems to limit data sprawl.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

By using a cloud-based KMaaS provider, organizations can centralize and automate their key lifecycle management, reducing the risk of inconsistent policies or compromised keys. Reduce business threats Key Management as a Service can help organizations reduce cyber risks and address various threats to business and data security.

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