Malware

Avoiding these common training errors can help ensure that exercises are effective.

Artificial intelligence is providing insurers with the tools they need to accurately model cyberattack scenarios and develop more precise risk assessments.

A good cyber insurance policy should cover ransomware incidents.

Insurance organizations must identify where true exposure and business risk hide.

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.

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.

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

The Deloitte Foundation Cyber Threat Competition is helping to introduce more college-age students to career opportunities and skills demands in the cybersecurity field.

Last week, a cyberattack took down software provider Wolters Kluwer NV and presented a case study in how not to communicate with customers over a hack.

A large majority of CIOs expect cyber security threats to increase over the next three years, but many say their organization does not have a cyber security expert, according to Gartner.

Cybersecurity professionals reporting that cryptocurrency mining is on the rise.

Most organizations believe the addition of eye scans and other advanced authentication secure their data better than the use of passwords alone.

Companies have an obligation to address the unintended consequences of advances and innovations that enable damaging cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity jobs continue to top the 'Most Wanted' list, but pressures to stop and diminish the damage of hackers is fueling a variety of new key roles.

If you are an owner of insurance technology ecosystems, and are wondering what to do, the answer is patch.

The major attacks included WannaCry, ExPetr, and BadRabbit, which all used exploits designed to compromise corporate networks.

Yet despite widespread awareness, the deficit of trained personnel is growing worse

Reacting as quickly as possible and restoring data from backups are key ingredients for recovery.

The offering uses mimicked version of an information system to fool hackers, says Chris Albery of the HITRUST organization.

A recent survey on how well prepared organizations are to protect their systems from a breach was 'eye-opening and disturbing,' says Martin Veitch.