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Cyber business interruption insurance is key part of cyber liability coverage
Last month, a fire swept through the strip mall on Main Street, damaging several retail stores, including Bob’s Ice Cream Shop. Among the items destroyed at Bob’s were refrigerated display cases holding the ice cream, a walk-in cooler, and the electrical box and...
From the Archives: Internet Security Liability Insurance and Certification Combine to Reduce Web Site Risks and Liability
ATLANTA, April 15, 1997 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. -- A new program providing protection against many of the exposures of doing business over the Internet and Intranets was unveiled at the Risk and Insurance Management Society's annual conference. The program...
Powerful new malware that can steal your money discovered
Cyber thieves are a smart, highly motivated group, and trying to thwart their nefarious schemes can be very difficult for the IT security industry. It seems that the bad guys are usually a step ahead in this cat-and-mouse game, always contriving new ways to steal...
White House targeted in “spear phishing” cyber attack
The White House was the victim of a cyber attack last month, but the perpetrators apparently failed to extract any information. A conservative news web site, the Washington Free Beacon, broke the story, reporting that hackers linked to the Chinese government...
Don’t be fooled by scareware
Despite widespread awareness of viruses and the havoc they wreak, scammers still routinely fool unsuspecting computer users into infecting their own machines. One tactic the cyber criminals use is so-called “scareware.” By understanding how it works, you can help...
Nation’s big banks cyber attacked
September was a bad month for some of the nation’s biggest banks, as their web servers were hit with a large-scale assault by well-armed cyber attackers. Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan, PNC Financial Services Group, US Bancorp, and Wells Fargo – financial...
Internet Insecurities in China and India
Businesses and individuals in the United States have long been aware of Internet privacy and security issues. While we struggle with the complexity of 45 different state privacy regulations as well as federal regulations that include HIPAA and Graham-Leach Bliley, we...
Hackers are going after smart phones
When it comes to computers, most of us are at least somewhat familiar with the nefarious tools at a hacker’s disposal, including viruses, spyware, and bogus emails. However, virtually none of us have been exposed to such security threats on our smart phones. Yet....
Lax digital security at IRS reads like a “what not to do” list
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is responsible for collecting trillions of dollars in federal taxes and processing about 140 million tax returns. Because the agency’s computers house a vast amount of personally identifiable information, the potential...
Cyber Boot Camp 1.0
Cyber Boot Camp 1.0 1st Annual Technology, Internet, Privacy, and Ethics Risk Management Workshop Latest coverage issues in the cyber market Engaging, interactive sessions with expert panels 3 Georgia CE credits for cyber and 3 for ethics (whole day package)...
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