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Cyber work diagnostic tool to help foster a cyber-savvy workforce by making people the focus: Willis Towers Watson
July 21, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterWillis Towers Watson (WTW) has launched a new cyber work diagnostic tool designed to help bolster organizational readiness by focusing on talent management, emerging skills and roles, and defining the requirements of cyber work. The idea is to combat an…
Cyber-related disruption as business advantage developing in manufacturing sector: Verizon
June 30, 2017 by Angela StelmakowichManufacturing is witnessing a significant hike in internal cyber threat actors linked to nation state schemes to disrupt operations and allow chosen businesses to gain competitive advantage and market share, David Ostertag, global investigation manager for Verizon’s investigative response unit,…
Canadian CEOs view disruption as an opportunity, report disrupting their sectors: KPMG study
June 13, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThree-quarters of Canadian CEOs (75%) see disruption as an opportunity for their business, not a threat, and 86% said their business is actively disrupting its sector rather than waiting for disruption by competitors, according to a new survey from audit,…
New Insurance Institute webinar to explore the sharing economy as an “opportunity and a threat” for Canadian p&c industry
May 30, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC) will host a webinar examining the sharing economy as both an opportunity and a threat to the Canadian p&c industry. The webinar is scheduled for June 14 at 1 p.m. EDT. It offers “future-forward…
IoT botnets present unmanageable cyber security risk: Juniper Research
January 23, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe scale of embedded connectivity could lead to an unmanageable cyber security risk created by botnets, Juniper Research Limited cautioned Monday in releasing data indicating the consumer Internet of Things (IoT) installed base will reach 15 billion-plus units by 2021.…
Piracy down in 2016 Q3, but crew kidnapping persists in some areas: report
October 20, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterPiracy activity in Southeast Asia and the East Africa and Indian Ocean High Risk Area (HRA) during 2016 Q3 declined compared to Q2, but a high threat of crew kidnapping and hijacking remains in Southeast Asia and West Africa, NYA…