Many insurers are focused on ransomware risk protection even though other new vulnerabilities are emerging from remote work. Recent statistics point to a troubling increase in ransomware and phishing, web application attacks and other emerging cybercrime tactics.

Chief executives from across the business world are set to join President Joe Biden for a discussion Wednesday on how industry and the federal government can partner to improve cybersecurity in the face of debilitating ransomware and cyberattacks.

With cyberattacks on the rise and demand for coverage surging, the $3 billion industry of protecting companies against hackers is at an inflection point.

A trove of company data was stolen, and CNA officials were locked out of their network, according to sources.

Laura Deaner joins the company from S&P Global.

Emerging consumer attitudes toward privacy threaten to overturn long-standing industry assumptions about customer data and personalization.

With the growing vulnerabilities and uncertainty of our highly globalized and connected world, actions in one place can spread rapidly to have global effects.

The coronavirus outbreak is impacting the cyber risk landscape, with reports of maritime and offshore energy companies having faced a 400% increase in attempted cyber-attacks since the pandemic began.

Attackers are always growing smarter, more creative and more aggressive, and environments are always growing more complex.

Even though the threats emerging in the New Year won’t be any less intense, complicated or difficult to manage, 2020 is likely to be the year of simplified security.

Delta Dental of Arizona is alerting some patients that their information may be at risk after it identified suspicious activity in an employee’s email account.

Identity and access management solutions are playing a growing role in protecting against cyberattacks in the healthcare sector, experts say.

Sometimes, in an attempt to gather data or introduce simplicity using a technology solution, businesses and brokers can inadvertently expose themselves to elevated levels of cyber risk.

Organizations are trying to balance their desire for new innovations with their need for strong cyber security, according to a new report from CompTIA, a technology industry trade association.

Democratic lawmakers and consumer advocates say the remedies offered to consumers by firms like Capital One and Equifax are too difficult to access and not particularly helpful.

Most organizations are in the process of transitioning to the cloud, and this is making it difficult for IT departments to monitor security.

The most common effects cited were loss of employee productivity, downtime and business disruption, and damage to the reputation of the IT team.

It’s no accident that we’re seeing cities become targets. These organizations are traditionally viewed as being slower than the herd.

Tom Parker had worked at Accenture Security.

The state of ransomware demonstrates that no organization, municipality or person is immune and that the threats are getting worse.