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Cyber threat landscape growing, potential for emergence of destruction of service attacks: Cisco
July 20, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe potential for “destruction of service” (DeOS) attacks is greatly concerning and organizations would be well-advised to adopt a proactive cyber stance in their protection efforts to combat increasingly sophisticated attackers, warns a new report from Cisco. “Cyber incidents such…
One in four hide cybersecurity incidents from employers, global Kaspersky survey finds
July 10, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterForty per cent of employees around the globe hide IT security incidents to avoid punishment, according to a new report from cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab and market research company B2B International. The report, titled Human Factor in IT Security: How…
Unexpected threats should be a concern to SMEs in U.K.: RSA
December 2, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterMore than a quarter of polled small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom reported being hit with an unexpected £50,000 bill would put them out of business, notes a new report released this week by RSA. And while…
Network attacks hit a third of executive mobile devices in second quarter of 2016: Skycure
September 27, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterJust shy of a third of executive mobile devices were exposed to network attack during the second quarter of 2016 and almost as high a percentage were infected with malware, leaving valuable, sensitive data vulnerable to cyber criminals, notes a…
60% of digital businesses will suffer major service failures by 2020 due to inability to manage digital risk: Gartner
June 6, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterSixty per cent of digital businesses will suffer major service failures by 2020 due to the inability of IT security teams to manage digital risk, according to a special report from Gartner, Inc., an information technology research and advisory company.…
Chubb adds cyberbullying coverage for Canadian homeowners customers
June 2, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterChubb announced on Thursday that it has added cyberbullying coverage to its Canadian Masterpiece Family Protection policy to help cover clients and their families from the expenses associated with such an incident. Paul Johnstone, senior vice president of Chubb Personal…