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Vendors increase your company’s cyber risk; business insurance can mitigate it
Most owners and managers are at least partially aware of the direct dangers their companies face from cyber crime, whether the crime is committed by an outsider or an employee. As a decision maker, though, there is another source of cyber risk that you need to...
4 more ways small businesses can thwart cyber crime (business insurance still crucial)
Small businesses possess all kinds of data that are virtual gold for cyber thieves, including Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, dates of birth, banking account information, and health insurance information. In the last article, we suggested four ways that...
4 ways small businesses can thwart cyber crime
Cyber crime has become widespread in the business world, and although larger companies have more loot for the bad guys to steal, small businesses are regularly targeted too. In fact, smaller firms are more vulnerable to cyber attacks in some ways. Small business...
Ambulance industry vulnerable to cyber attacks
Ambulance companies are exposed to multiple areas of potential loss on a daily basis. Some, like medical malpractice, are widely understood and insured against. But for other risks, like network breaches and privacy violations, some firms unnecessarily put...
Google’s new policy means you have less online privacy
On March 1, Google changed its privacy policy and the way it collects information from its hundreds of millions of users. Chances are, you are included in that number, as are most of your family and friends, which is why Google’s recent actions have generated such...
New .xxx domain could ruin your company’s reputation
As if businesses didn’t already face enough cyber threats lurking out there in the digital world, another one has recently emerged – and, wow, could it do major damage! Late last year, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began selling the...
E-tailers without technology insurance tread dangerous ground
In the last decade, e-commerce has gone from being almost nonexistent to completely mainstream, with what seems to be an infinite number of cyber retail web sites. Prior to the Internet, it was rare that retailers and consumers using paper catalogs would fall victim...
Directors and officers ignore cyber risks at their own peril
In the ever-evolving world of cyber crime, it’s important for corporate directors and officers to consider carefully the question of whether they should notify shareholders and potential shareholders of corporate cyber risk. The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
SOPA: R.I.P. or OMG?
On January 18, dozens of popular websites and Internet search portals went dark to protest HR 3261, the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would have imposed legal sanctions on websites that posted or linked to other websites that posted content in...
Cyber Insurance Basics
Did you know that only 2 in 10 small businesses have any cyber insurance? Most folks don’t give a second thought to the pitfalls of doing business in the digital age. But every day, computers crash, cyber thieves steal, and hackers destroy. What is cyber...
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