All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2012 // XL Group plc has expanded its technology underwriting capabilities in New York, Atlanta and Chicago, adding six underwriters to its U.S. cyberliability underwriting group and appointing a new vice president to its Select...
Jun 26 2012 // Argo Pro, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has introduced a new cyber liability insurance product – information & Professional Risk Playbook(iPRP)– designed to address the exposures businesses...
Jun 18 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has added five new member firms to its ACE data breach team. This pool of independent, third-party professional service will help organizations and...
Jun 18 2012 // For millions of professionals who use LinkedIn, the career social networking site, it was time to create new passwords.Earlier this month, LinkedIn — a site with more than 160 million users, including many insurance...
Jun 14 2012 // As the number of data breaches involving smaller businesses continues to grow, a new survey by The Hartford finds 85 percent of small business owners believe a data breach is unlikely, and many are not implementing simple...
Jun 11 2012 // LinkedIn Corp.’s silence on the extent of a security breach that exposed millions of user passwords has damaged its reputation among some business professionals, and may slow the growing company’s rise if the...
Jun 5 2012 // Marsh has launched an insurance product designed to protect companies against first-party losses stemming from a cloud service provider’s failure. Improvements in technology and the need for greater efficiency have...
May 21 2012 // Hawaii lawmakers have approved a trio of bills aimed at preventing cybercrimes.The bills offer law enforcement and prosecutors more tools to charge and penalize those who use computers to commit crimes. One bill allows...
May 14 2012 // In the online struggle for network security, Kansas State University cybersecurity experts are adding an ally to the security force: the computer network itself.Scott DeLoach, professor of computing and information...
May 7 2012 // Travelers has introduced an enhanced version of its product-suite CyberFirst with eight first party coverage options designed for technology companies.The new expense reimbursement module covers costs resulting from cyber...
May 7 2012 // High-profile data breach events have hastened focus on sensitive data and whether a comprehensive approach to protecting it is being used. The magnitude and impact of these breaches have intensified, garnering media...
May 3 2012 // Hawaii lawmakers have approved a trio of bills aimed at preventing cybercrimes.The bills passed Tuesday offer law enforcement and prosecutors more tools to charge and penalize those who use computers to commit crimes. One...
Apr 23 2012 // Travelers has introduced an enhanced version of its product-suite CyberFirst with eight first party coverage options designed for technology companies.The new expense reimbursement module covers costs resulting from cyber...
Apr 20 2012 // The News of the World phone hacking scandal moved closer to the United States after British lawyer Mark Lewis teamed up with two New York lawyers to pursue claims that four of his clients had been hacked by Rupert...
Apr 17 2012 // Nearly three in four corporate risk managers are not buying insurance policies to cover data breaches and damage to customers’ privacy despite the rising threat of hacking, according to a survey released on...
Apr 16 2012 // High-profile data breach events have hastened focus on sensitive data and whether a comprehensive approach to protecting it is being used. The magnitude and impact of these breaches have intensified, garnering media...
Apr 11 2012 // An additional 750,000 people had their personal information stolen by hackers, state health officials said this week after discovering that the thieves downloaded thousands more files of data than authorities initially...
Apr 10 2012 // A U.S. appeals court rejected the government’s broad reading of a computer fraud law to prosecute workers who steal from company computers, saying it could expose millions of Americans to prosecution for harmless...
Apr 4 2012 // Chartis has introduced CyberEdge Tower, an insurance product that provides catastrophic network security and privacy protection. It provides total aggregate limits of liability of up to $100 million that are structured to...
Apr 2 2012 // Americans love movies, and they showed it by purchasing 1.2 billion tickets worth about $10.2 billion at the box office last year. That, of course, means big business for companies that are willing to insure the risks...