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Cyber Insurance and the Changing Global Risk Environment

Security Affairs

When security fails, cyber insurance can become crucial for ensuring continuity. Cyber has changed everything around us – even the way we tackle geopolitical crisis and conflicts. If the technology were to become unavailable, the resulting business impact could be mitigated with cyber insurance.

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

SC Magazine

In a report released May 20, the Government Accountability Office looked at how the private cybersecurity insurance market has developed over the past five yearsRich Baich is global chief information security officer for insurance giant AIG. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

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How the ransomware explosion is reshaping the cyber insurance market

SC Magazine

The development of cybersecurity insurance has played an important role in determining how companies prepare for and respond to ransomware attacks and the resulting fallout. The post How the ransomware explosion is reshaping the cyber insurance market appeared first on SC Media.

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Safety first: Will insurance companies stall or accelerate cybersecurity progress?

SC Magazine

. “Cybersecurity is, for many people around the world, still not a clear, tangible concept,” said Patryk Brozek, CEO and co-founder of Fudo Security. The relationship between enterprises and insurers, like the cyber insurance market itself, is evolving. These organizations found a shortcut, cyber insurance.

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How MFA and Cyber Liability Insurance Effectively Manage Risk in Higher Education

Duo's Security Blog

Cyber Liability Insurance Invests in MFA Multi-factor authentication has been around longer than most current college students have been alive, but when it comes to strong authentication modern MFA changed the game. MFA is core to implementing a zero trust stance to protect your campus.

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C-suites adapt to ransomware as a cost of doing business

SC Magazine

Coats is a member of the Cybersecurity Collaborative , a chief information security officer membership organization owned by SC Media parent company CyberRisk Alliance. But that does not account for direct and indirect losses tied to downtime, disruption of supply chains, or the inability to deliver product to customers. “I

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

are subject to laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), as well as regulations such as the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA). Security, Privacy and Compliance Can Conflict.