All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 9 2015 // In today’s digital world of constant communication through methods like email, texting and social media, consumers expect 24/7 access to everyone, including their insurance agent. And while this access can increase...
Feb 9 2015 // Like all businesses today, the nonprofit sector is struggling to understand how to handle the growing concern of cyber risk in their organizations.Cyber and privacy coverage is the new employment practices liability, says...
Feb 6 2015 // Anthem Inc. faces what may be the first of many consumer lawsuits a day after disclosing that hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees.A California woman on Thursday accused...
Feb 6 2015 // President Barack Obama’s top advisers urged Congress to act quickly to strengthen consumer data protections after the security breach at Anthem Inc.“Hardly a week goes by when the problem is not on the front...
Feb 6 2015 // Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyber attack on No. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc that a person familiar with the matter said is being examined for possible ties to China.Anthem disclosed the attack late...
Feb 5 2015 // Hackers have stolen personal information relating to current and former customers and staff of no. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc., after breaching an IT system containing data on up to 80 million people, the company...
Feb 3 2015 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Group Holdings plc, announced that it has launched “the insurance industry’s first cyber risk modeling tool that will enable insurers to quantify and manage their...
Feb 2 2015 // President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and...
Feb 2 2015 // ACE Group announced the launch of a new, independent cyber risk business unit as it continues to strengthen its local underwriting and risk management capabilities across Continental Europe.The announcement follows...
Jan 26 2015 // The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public.But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of...
Jan 26 2015 // The massive Sony Corp. breach that occurred at the end of 2014 has been a huge example of the far reaching and costly effects a breach can have — and not just to businesses. Greg Schaefer, president and founder of...
Jan 26 2015 // New York’s data security law is weak and should be overhauled to require businesses to protect the personal information of consumers and employees, the state’s top law enforcement official said.New York...
Jan 23 2015 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has strengthened its Cyber & Technology team with the addition of two new senior executives. Francois Brisson and Richard De Piero have been appointed Global Head and North America Head,...
Jan 22 2015 // At a time when most people aren’t confident their workplace is safe from a hacking attack, respondents to the Bloomberg Global Poll are more certain about one thing: Vengeance is not mine.Companies shouldn’t...
Jan 22 2015 // Barack Obama wants to prod corporations into addressing their cybersecurity weaknesses and he used his State of the Union speech last night to do just that.Obama also placed responsibility for inaction and any damage from...
Jan 16 2015 // The threat of cyber attacks must be taken more seriously by corporate boards at Britain’s largest companies, according to a survey by KPMG LLP today.Less than 40 percent of board members in the FTSE 350 Index...
Jan 15 2015 // New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will propose legislation on Thursday that he says would make the state’s data security law the strongest in the country and require “unprecedented safeguards”...
Jan 15 2015 // Business interruption (BI) and supply chain, natural catastrophes and fire/explosion are the major risks that occupy the attention of companies at the start of 2015, according to the fourth annual “Allianz Risk...
Jan 15 2015 // Property/casualty insurance executives overwhelmingly predict growth in both cyber insurance and merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2015, according to a new Insurance Information Institute annual...
Jan 15 2015 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. was pressed for more evidence by a group of states probing a data breach that jeopardized millions of customer accounts last year, including whether any of the compromised information has been...