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breaches
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,…
Holistic approach needed to reduce confusion around cyber security, tackle inaction: Echols
June 15, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterTools meant to bolster cyber security are being introduced absent a holistic view, producing even more questions among already-confused businesses expecting some progress on their individual risk reduction efforts, cyber expert Michael Echols suggested Tuesday during a symposium in downtown…
36% of polled Canadian firms have no cyber security insurance: FICO
June 1, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterMore than a third of surveyed Canadian firms do not have cyber security insurance, a concerning situation made worse by an incomplete understanding of how premiums are priced and failure to do everything possible to guard against breaches, FICO notes.…
Investments to fight cyber breaches must include technology, people and risk transfer: WTW cyber head
April 24, 2017 Angela StelmakowichPHILADELPHIA – Considering human risk is essential when determining how best to combat data breaches and associated costs, but the human element is routinely overshadowed by technology in organizational efforts to bolster cyber security, says Anthony Dagostino, global head of…
Lost or stolen devices account for one-quarter of breaches in U.S. financial services sector: study
September 1, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterLost or stolen devices accounted for one in four breaches in the financial services sector in the United States, according to a recent study from Bitglass, a total data protection company based in Campbell, Calif. The Silicon Valley cloud access…