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As market for cyber insurance booms, watchdog calls for better data

SC Magazine

Overall, insurance companies seem to be responding to increased demand from clients for cyber-specific insurance, and one survey found that the two things most likely to spur a purchase of cyber insurance are when a business experiences a cyber attack and when they hear about other companies being hit by a cyber attack.

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Cyber Insurance: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

IT Security Guru

A meteoric rise in attack rates during COVID-19 , major incidents such as the Colonial Pipeline attack, and an increasingly tense geopolitical landscape have all contributed to cybersecurity’s current position at the top of global news feeds. Enter cyber insurance. The story so far. It didn’t take off.

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Two Strategies You Can Use To Reimagine Cybersecurity Without Looking Like An Amateur

Jane Frankland

Now, this is important, because thanks to Covid-19, whether you know it or not, you’re now a part of a humungous test that’s shaking the foundations of society, business, and technology. It’s as if someone has literally taken a great big highlighting pen and run it over our people, processes and technologies. On 7 August, at 10.30

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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

“In 2002 I had a phone, but I had a separate piece of plastic and metal that was a camera and another piece of plastic and metal that had my music on it.” These days, cyber security is personal, Grant said: from corporate losses and fines to personal identity theft. Progress…at a price.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

AllegisCyber Capital was founded in 1996 to serve the growing cyber business ecosystem. As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. AllegisCyber Capital.