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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)...

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...

IT Still Largely Responsible for Cyber Risks

Although information security and cyber-risk management is recognized as an enterprise-wide responsibility by many organizations, the information technology (IT) department still is seen as the front-line defense against information losses and other cyber-liability...

How to Find Cyber Insurance for the Uninsurable

The University of California (UC) has redefined the rules of cyber liability insurance, using an approach that the University’s Chief Risk Officer Grace Crickette calls “reverse underwriting.” Collaborating with the university’s chief information officers, insurance...

How to Protect Against Payment Fraud

In the world of payment fraud protection, how does your company compare? Schemes to steal money from organizations by manipulating payments like checks, ACH transactions, wire transfers and credit cards are becoming more and more common. The recent Payments Fraud and...