Recent backlashes against Statistics Canada and Facebook have prompted Ontario lawmakers to make it harder to share consumer banking information. “Financial data is especially vulnerable to hacking,” Stephen Crawford, Ontario MPP for Oakville, said Thursday at Queen’s Park in Toronto.…
BETHESDA, Md. – A security breach at one of North America’s largest hotel groups, which includes the Sheraton, Westin, Starwood and Marriott brands, has exposed the personal information of as many as 500 million guests. Marriott International, Inc. said Friday…
Data breaches are all over the news, but convincing some corporate clients to spend in the neighbourhood of $1,000 a year for insurance coverage can be an uphill battle. Some cyber insurance products cost around $100 a year, but those…
Brokers can aid their clients by raising awareness of the common tactics of cybercriminals, as well as by advising their clients to be careful about with whom they share their personally identifiable information (PII). Zac Cohen, general manager of Vancouver-based…
A recent data breach at an Ontario college highlights the importance of educating clients on cybersecurity, even if no financial information was exposed. “Even having your name, address and date of birth stolen can still cause problems,” Don Duncan, security…
Canada’s privacy commissioner is looking to add some bite to the country’s federal privacy laws. And if you need another reason to keep cyber insurance top of mind for your clients, look no further than a recent survey from the…
North America is the most expensive location for a small and medium-sized business (SMB) to suffer a data breach, with SMBs in Canada and the United States also having the highest recovery cost, according to a new study. This year’s…
TORONTO – Federal data breach regulations set to take effect Nov. 1 will require mandatory reporting of security breaches that pose a “real risk of significant harm,” but give businesses flexibility about how that’s done. Ottawa has rolled out the…
Canada’s forthcoming implementation of mandatory data breach reporting may create an opportunity for the country’s commercial brokers to have conversations with their clients about cyber insurance risk based on concrete data instead of fear, a Marsh Canada broker says. Improved…
Enacted by the European Parliament to simplify business rules for companies operating in the EU market and to strengthen the privacy rights of EU citizens, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect May 25, 2018. When it comes…
Cyber insurer Beazley is expecting an increase in cyberattacks that lead to business interruption, especially due to the growth of cloud platforms and connected devices in the workplace. On Wednesday, Beazley released its 2018 Breach Briefing outlining the types of…
CEOs, not chief information officers (CIOs), should be making the call on whether to report a data breach when a company falls victim to a targeted cyberattack, a former privacy commissioner told a cyber loss management seminar organized by Crawford…