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The Cyber Insurance Landscape Has Grown More Complicated

SecureWorld News

When considering adding a cyber insurance policy, organizations, both public and private, must weigh the pros and cons of having insurance to cover against harm caused by a cybersecurity incident. Having cyber insurance can help ensure compliance with these requirements. Let's break it down to the pros and cons.

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4 ways businesses can save money on cyber insurance

Malwarebytes

So, your business has just suffered a data breach and it’s time to dig deep in your pockets to pay all the resulting expenses. Without cyber insurance , you can expect to pay a dizzying amount of cash. Here are four ways your business can save money on its insurance. How is cyber insurance priced?

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Cyber liability insurance vs. data breach insurance: What's the difference?

CSO Magazine

Finding the right insurance has become a key part of the security equation, which is no surprise given that the average cost of a data breach in the US has risen to $9.44 The global cyber insurance market was valued at $13.33 To read this article in full, please click here billion in 2023 to $84.62

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CyberSecurity Is Not Enough: Businesses Must Insure Against Cyber Losses

Joseph Steinberg

Ironically, while many larger enterprises purchase insurance to protect themselves against catastrophic levels of hacker-inflicted damages, smaller businesses – whose cyber-risks are far greater than those of their larger counterparts – rarely have adequate (or even any) coverage.

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Cyber and Privacy Risks for Real Estate Enterprises

SecureWorld News

Frequently, the liability associated with slip-and-falls is pushed up to the owner—and within that same upstream push, so goes privacy and data breach liability. All stakeholders, including insurers, need to understand whose cyber insurance policy responds to an incident.

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P-to-P fraud most concerning cyber threat in 2023: CSI

CSO Magazine

CSI), followed by data breaches (23%), ransomware (20%) and a breach at a third party (15%). To read this article in full, please click here It was cited by 29% of respondents in a survey by Computer Systems Inc. It received responses from 228 banking executives, 171 of them at vice-president level or above.

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Safe Security debuts two free risk assessment tools for businesses

CSO Magazine

The cost calculator for cyberattacks takes into account general data—like revenue, number of employees, vertical, headquarters location and the types of records stores—to arrive at an “annual loss expectancy” figure, according to vice president of AI and cyber insurance at Safe Security, Pankaj Goyal.

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