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Global cyberinsurance premiums are declining despite an uptick in ransomware attacks, according to a recent report by insurance broker Howden. This trend reflects improved business security practices, evolving insurance industry dynamics, and changing attitudes toward cyberrisk management.
In its modern iteration, cyber liability insurance mitigates the losses and business costs associated with cyber incidents and resulting downtime. CyberCube, a company specializing in quantifying cyberrisk, estimates that the U.S. standalone cyberinsurance market could reach $45 billion in premiums by 2034.
Regulatory and compliance pressures: Regulators have taken note of healthcare's cyberrisks, and new rules are forcing the issue. Many healthcare providers now undergo annual security audits and risk assessments as required by regulators or cyberinsurance providers.
The ISO assisted the college in restoring locally managed IT services and systems from backup copies. The University had servers encrypted but restored the systems and the access from backups. It had cyberinsurance: "The university’s cyberinsurance policy paid part of the ransom, and the university covered the remainder.
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Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyberinsurance. Mitigations To minimize the risk of ransomware, organizations should adopt a multi-layered defense strategy.
Cyberinsurers are losing money. Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyberrisk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.
Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyberinsurance. Mitigations To minimize the risk of ransomware, organizations should adopt a multi-layered defense strategy.
One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyberinsurance backstop.
But according to Anne Neuberger, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology, this warning is “based on evolving threat intelligence, that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the United States.”. Backup all critical data at least daily.
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