Cyber criminals have a variety of ways to break into corporate networks, and do so on a routine basis. In response, businesses put in place firewalls and other mechanisms to offer at least some protection against hacking. But it appears that businesses’ web sites are...
For many small to medium-sized businesses, the Business Owners Policy (BOP) can be an economical solution to help meet the company’s insurance needs. Business Owners Policies typically combine numerous lines of coverage, such as commercial general liability (CGL)...
It’s amazing what kind of information about you is floating around in cyberspace: Your bank account numbers, financial transactions, medical records, and other details of your personal life that you trust is being kept private. Perhaps for the most part, only...
Hacking continues to be a costly problem for US businesses, according to a Ponemon Institute report released in October 2012. For each the businesses and organizations studied, the average cost of cyber crime is $8.9 million annually, an increase of 6% from last...
In the nefarious world of hacking, there are numerous ways cyber thieves can extract money from their victims: They can sell stolen data in black market auctions, or use it to commit tax fraud, or even to extort the data’s owner, for example. Another lucrative venue...
