article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. You can give a listen to the entire interview at this accompanying podcast.

Risk 182
article thumbnail

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

Jane Frankland

According to research from CESG (the UK Government National Technical Authority for Information Assurance) 80% of cybersecurity attacks originate from poor cyber habits, so getting the basics – the fundamentals – right would dramatically reduce an organisation’s cyber risk exposure. He wasn’t deterred, though.