All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 14 2011 // U.S. securities regulators formally asked public companies for the first time to disclose cyber attacks against them, following a rash of high-profile Internet crimes.The Securities and Exchange Commission issued...
Oct 11 2011 // The year ahead will feature new and sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, as well as escalating battles over the control of online information that threaten to compromise content and erode public trust and...
Oct 6 2011 // A Republican task force in the House said Congress should give companies incentives to boost their cyber defenses, but that tougher regulation may be warranted to protect critical facilities like power and water...
Oct 3 2011 // Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has added six new internet retailer classes and a limited cyber liability endorsement for its Commercial Protector (BOP) product. The new internet classes...
Sep 22 2011 // The Massachusetts attorney general’s office said the personal information of about two million Massachusetts residents, or about one out of every three people who live in the state, has been compromised through...
Sep 22 2011 // New York-based Freedom Specialty Insurance Co. appointed John Merchant as director of network security, data privacy and technology risk. In his role, Merchant will manage the development, underwriting and risk management...
Sep 19 2011 // While data breaches at large companies continue to dominate the headlines, breaches involving smaller businesses are also on the rise. According to a 2011 report from Verizon Business of more than 760 data breaches...
Sep 19 2011 // The cost of responding to data breaches is on the rise, according to a recent study. The 2010 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach, released in March 2011 by Symantec Corp. and privacy and information management...
Sep 19 2011 // The potential exposure of both governmental or commercial entities to network and enterprise security breaches comes down to this: It’s not a question of if, but when, and size doesn’t matter.That’s...
Sep 13 2011 // The computer hackers, chat room denizens and young people who comprise the loosely affiliated Internet collective known as Anonymous have increasingly turned to questionable tactics, drawing the attention of the FBI, the...
Aug 23 2011 // Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see.There were insurance forms, Social Security numbers and doctors’ notes. Among the files...
Aug 17 2011 // Crum & Forster (C&F) has launched a new service to assist policyholders effectively manage and protect against cyber risk.Network attacks and privacy violations are occurring with increasing frequency. Even with...
Aug 15 2011 // News Corp. shareholders angry over the hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate face an uphill fight trying to hold company executives and directors responsible in court.In the nearly six weeks...
Aug 15 2011 // HyperCyber.com, a leading supplier of cyber liability insurance for corporations, reported that its site has been hacked.The California-based insurer said the customer names, customer revenues, policy numbers, coverage...
Aug 11 2011 // Insurance agents and brokers think that their insurance carriers may be out of touch with what the small business segment needs. For one, carriers have been busy coming out with new products and coverage enhancements for...
Aug 10 2011 // A wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to contain the country’s worst unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in...
Aug 4 2011 // A major new hacking attack underscores that governments and companies are losing the war against cyber thieves, but it’s unclear if the disclosure will prompt quicker global action against online break-ins.A U.S....
Aug 3 2011 // Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the...
Aug 3 2011 // According to a new report from Willis Group Holdings – Willis Summer 2011 Leisure Newsletter – “vast quantities of personal, identifiable information collected by the leisure and hospitality industry has...
Aug 2 2011 // The hospitality industry is a tempting target for an increasing number of cyber attacks.The vast quantities of personal, identifiable information collected by the leisure and hospitality industry puts the industry at...