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The MSP’s Role in Cyber Insurance

Security Boulevard

Prioritizing cyber insurance in a comprehensive information security program is a relatively new concept and navigating the process can be confusing. Even insurance companies sometimes have a hard time keeping up with the changing landscape.

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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. Our reliance on digital technology and the inherited risk is a key driving factor for buying cyber risk 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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HardBit ransomware demands ransom based on insurance cover

CyberSecurity Insiders

But now a new file encrypting malware variant has emerged onto the block that demands ransom, based on the insurance cover. ransomware does so during negotiations and tries to find the exact amount to be covered with the cyber insurance and then demands ransom.

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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. That in itself has evolved, as insurers and insured learn just how expensive that fallout can be. The ransomware reality check for insurers.

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

SC Magazine

Every time a driver buckles up or an airbag is deployed we see the powerful influence of the insurance companies who insisted those measures become mandatory. Now, those insurers are poised to drive cybersecurity investment by insisting that organizations meet certain criteria to qualify for coverage. A maturing model.

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HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost

Security Affairs

Recently emerged HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost. For those who have cyber insurance against ransomware attacks. That way you would have avoided a leak and decrypted your information. Very important! reads the ransom note.