All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 30 2012 // A business in Hickory reports thousands of dollars were taken after a hacker got into a computer system.The Hickory Daily Record reported that First Security Insurance said that a substantial amount of money had been...
Nov 29 2012 // “Cyber attacks are a reality and companies need to prepare themselves,” warns Munich Re in a recently released study – “Cost of Cyber Crime” – conducted by the Ponemon Institute....
Nov 28 2012 // Louisville, Ky. headquartered Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC) has launched IP Defense Indemnification Insurance for cyber/media-based technology companies. The cyber/media-based industry...
Nov 21 2012 // AIR Worldwide recently concluded damage survey of areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall on Oct. 29, five miles southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey.On November 11, 2012, AIR teams were deployed to...
Nov 21 2012 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has confirmed that 28,467 households in the state could be affected by an online security breach involving Nationwide Insurance Co.Hudgens said the company notified him that a...
Nov 15 2012 // Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared a U.S. cybersecurity bill, opposed by business and privacy groups, dead on Wednesday after it failed a test vote for the second time.The bill would have increased...
Nov 7 2012 // A former state senator has expanded his lawsuit over the hacking of millions of South Carolina tax returns to include a separate state agency and private data security company.Spartanburg attorney John Hawkins added...
Nov 6 2012 // A note from Zurich Insurance indicates that the “vast majority of risk professionals say information security and other cyber risks are at least a moderate threat to their organizations,” according to a new...
Nov 5 2012 // William Gibson coined the phrase “cyberspace” in his popular science fiction novel “Neuromancer” “to describe the real and cultural dynamics of people and machines working within the confines...
Oct 22 2012 // Need for Risk Mitigation Grows Along With Wider AdoptionInsurance agencies are in the business of managing risk for clients. But as mobile becomes mainstream, they’re facing new risks of their own. Agencies see...
Oct 16 2012 // Mobile devices have taken the workplace by storm, but the proliferation of these devices has created a new set of security challenges.After a number of high-profile data breaches and “hacktivist” incidents last...
Oct 10 2012 // “The booming Latin American energy industry is not insulated from the threat of a euro zone collapse or hostilities in the Middle East,” warned global insurance broker Willis.Speaking to a gathering of energy...
Oct 8 2012 // Mobile devices have taken the workplace by storm, but the proliferation of these devices has created a new set of security challenges.After a number of high-profile data breaches and “hacktivist” incidents last...
Oct 5 2012 // The head of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Thursday that significant new cyber threats to U.S. financial networks appeared to be emerging from an “unusual” source.Committee Chairman...
Oct 3 2012 // Employee-owned insurance broker R K Harrison has contracted with Stroz Friedberg, a global digital risk management and investigations firm, to provide complimentary pre-incident cyber consulting services for clients...
Sep 25 2012 // The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to develop voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for owners of power, water and other critical infrastructure facilities, according to people who said they had seen...
Sep 24 2012 // NAS Insurance Services Inc. has launched an insurance coverage that pays companies for lost revenue in the event of a cyber breach. The new coverage, called BrandGuard, is a component of NetGuard Plus Cyber Liability...
Sep 20 2012 // Privately-owned U.S. computer networks remain vulnerable to cyber attacks, and many U.S. companies are not doing enough to protect them, Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday.“I hope this...
Sep 20 2012 // A financial services industry group warned U.S. banks, brokerages and insurers on Wednesday to be on heightened alert for cyber attacks after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase experienced unexplained outages on their...
Sep 20 2012 // If Mike McGavick is right, the business world will soon be carrying the equivalent of a massive data base in a cell phone. Technology has moved so rapidly that not only the insurance industry, but also business in general,...