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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. Can companies live without cyber insurance?

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Episode 158: How NotPetya has Insurers grappling with Systemic Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

We talk to Bruce McDonnell of the East West Institute about how insurers are responding. Related Stories Episode 155: Disinformation is a Cyber Weapon and APTs warm to Mobile Malware Podcast Episode 117: Insurance Industry Confronts Silent Cyber Risk, Converged Threats NotPetya Horror Story Highlights Need for Holistic Security.

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Podcast Episode 117: Insurance Industry Confronts Silent Cyber Risk, Converged Threats

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#117), we go deep on one of the hottest sectors around: cyber insurance. In the first segment, we talk with Thomas Harvey of the firm RMS about the problem of “silent cyberrisk to insurers and how better modeling of cyber incidents is helping to address that threat.

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Three takeaways from the Colonial Pipeline attack

SC Magazine

“You literally cannot continue operations of a manufacturing plant or a pipeline if you don’t have the continuity of business to manage” the logistics, he said. “So So this was a failure of business operations, but it shows the fragility of certain industrial operations like manufacturing,” said Caltagirone.

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Report: Cyberattacks drive 185% spike in health care data breaches in 2021

SC Magazine

The data supports a June Avanan report , which confirmed health care has been among the most targeted with phishing attacks during the first half of 2021, alongside the IT and manufacturing industries. Lastly, the report warns entities not to rely on cyber insurance as the rates have skyrocketed in response to the rise in ransomware attacks.