All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2013 // Weeks of revelations about secret U.S. surveillance programs could stymie progress on negotiations over new laws and regulations meant to beef up the country’s defenses against the growing threat of cyber attacks,...
Aug 7 2013 // Cyber security risks have become more worrisome to large organizations than traditional natural catastrophe risks, according to a new study released today.The study, titled “Managing Cyber Security as a Business...
Aug 6 2013 // A new insurance partnership between Liberty International Underwriters and CyberRiskPartners’ CloudInsure will provide insurance backing for cloud providers and the businesses that utilize them. The two companies...
Aug 5 2013 // In case there was any doubt that regulators are focused on data security and privacy, California’s Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has issued a formal report on the topic. “Data Breach Report 2012”...
Aug 2 2013 // UK-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker Miller Insurance Services LLP announced the appointment of Tom Quy, a specialist producer and broker of cyber risks.“We predict significant growth in demand for...
Jul 26 2013 // The state of Hawaii has launched a center to train people to defend computer systems from attack.The so-called “cyber range” is a collection of servers and routers in a room on the University of Hawaii’s...
Jul 25 2013 // ProHost USA, a Minneapolis-based program administrator, has added a new data breach coverage endorsement to its package programs for fine dining, family dining and fast casual restaurants. The endorsement, written on...
Jul 23 2013 // A United Nations group that advises countries on cyber security, plans to send out an alert about significant vulnerabilities in mobile phone technology that could potentially enable hackers to remotely attack at least...
Jul 22 2013 // There is a wide array of state, federal, and international laws requiring individuals and entities that gather, use and secure “personal” or “protected” information to report, and/or...
Jul 16 2013 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares private information of hundreds of thousands of its clients to an outside company that helps design its software.The company told The News & Observer of Raleigh that...
Jul 3 2013 // Data breaches put the personal information of 2.5 million people in the California at risk, according to a report released Monday.State Attorney General Kamala Harris released the report showing 131 breaches of consumer...
Jun 18 2013 // Rockwood Programs has added cyber liability to its portfolio of management and professional liability products. The coverage can be attached to an underlying Rockwood account as an endorsement, with a separate sub-limit....
Jun 17 2013 // Lloyd’s underwriting agency, CFC has made a major upgrade to its flagship cyber and privacy product policy in order to protect customers against the changing face of cyber crime and react to the constant changes in...
Jun 17 2013 // New York’s top financial regulator has asked some of the largest U.S. insurance companies to disclose details on their preparedness for cyber attacks, following a similar request to major banks earlier this year.The...
Jun 13 2013 // Hiscox has launched phase two of their Hiscox Professional Liability Portfolio, adding two additional coverage options to the existing portfolio. Professional services firms can now add crime and data breach and privacy...
Jun 13 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group’s Think Risk has launched [in]TELLIGENCE to address evolving and often overlooked operational exposures coming from technology and its effect on businesses.Recent surveys have reported that more...
Jun 13 2013 // Federal prosecutors in New Jersey on Wednesday unveiled criminal charges against eight people accused of trying to steal at least $15 million from U.S. customers in an international cybercrime scheme targeting accounts at...
Jun 12 2013 // New York, NY, 6/12/13 – Technology continues to transform businesses everywhere. Recent surveys have reported that more than half of small to mid-size U.S. firms have already experienced at least one data breach. The...
Jun 11 2013 // When the Geneva Association’s presentation on how and why governments and re/insurers need to work more closely adjourned, we were able to talk to the organization’s Secretary General, John Fitzpatrick, a...
Jun 7 2013 // On the site of a former military golf course where President Dwight Eisenhower once played, the future of U.S. warfare is rising in the shape of the new $358 million headquarters for the military’s Cyber Command.The...