Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawsuit Over South Carolina Data Breach Expanded to Private Firm
Nov 7 2012 // A former state senator has expanded his lawsuit over the hacking of millions of South Carolina tax returns to include a separate state agency and private data security company. Spartanburg attorney John Hawkins added...
Zurich/Advisen Poll Finds Cyber Risk Awareness Increasing
Nov 6 2012 // A note from Zurich Insurance indicates that the “vast majority of risk professionals say information security and other cyber risks are at least a moderate threat to their organizations,” according to a new...
Essentials: The Risk Landscape of Cyberspace
Nov 5 2012 // William Gibson coined the phrase “cyberspace” in his popular science fiction novel “Neuromancer” “to describe the real and cultural dynamics of people and machines working within the confines...
Doing Business with Mobile Devices
Oct 22 2012 // Need for Risk Mitigation Grows Along With Wider Adoption Insurance agencies are in the business of managing risk for clients. But as mobile becomes mainstream, they’re facing new risks of their own. Agencies see...
Mobile Device Explosion in the Workplace Creates Need for Heightened Security
Oct 16 2012 // Mobile devices have taken the workplace by storm, but the proliferation of these devices has created a new set of security challenges. After a number of high-profile data breaches and “hacktivist” incidents...
Willis Sees Threats on Horizon for Booming Latin American Energy Industry
Oct 10 2012 // “The booming Latin American energy industry is not insulated from the threat of a euro zone collapse or hostilities in the Middle East,” warned global insurance broker Willis. Speaking to a gathering of energy...
The Spy Who Robbed Me
Oct 8 2012 // Mobile Device Explosion Creates Need for Heightened Security Mobile devices have taken the workplace by storm, but the proliferation of these devices has created a new set of security challenges. After a number of...
Lawmaker Warns of New Cyber Threats to U.S. Financial Networks
Oct 5 2012 // The head of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Thursday that significant new cyber threats to U.S. financial networks appeared to be emerging from an “unusual” source. Committee...
R K Harrison Cyber Liability Policies to Include Pre-Incident Cyber Services
Oct 3 2012 // Employee-owned insurance broker R K Harrison has contracted with Stroz Friedberg, a global digital risk management and investigations firm, to provide complimentary pre-incident cyber consulting services for clients...
White House Readies Executive Order on Cybersecurity
Sep 25 2012 // The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to develop voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for owners of power, water and other critical infrastructure facilities, according to people who said they had seen...
NAS Insurance Covers Lost Revenue From Cyber Breaches
Sep 24 2012 // NAS Insurance Services Inc. has launched an insurance coverage that pays companies for lost revenue in the event of a cyber breach. The new coverage, called BrandGuard, is a component of NetGuard Plus Cyber Liability...
Pentagon Warns Private Computer Networks on Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks
Sep 20 2012 // Privately-owned U.S. computer networks remain vulnerable to cyber attacks, and many U.S. companies are not doing enough to protect them, Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday. “I hope this...
Bank Group Warns of Heightened Risk of Cyber Attacks
Sep 20 2012 // A financial services industry group warned U.S. banks, brokerages and insurers on Wednesday to be on heightened alert for cyber attacks after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase experienced unexplained outages on their...
Industry Faces Cyber Risks in Shift from Tangible to Intangible Property
Sep 20 2012 // If Mike McGavick is right, the business world will soon be carrying the equivalent of a massive data base in a cell phone. Technology has moved so rapidly that not only the insurance industry, but also business in general,...
Gibaltar Group Adds Baker as VP of Information Security
Sep 11 2012 // The Gibraltar Group, a risk and insurance advisory firm based in Lubbock, Texas, announced it has appointed Dr. Bruce Baker as vice president of Information Security, and expanded its risk and loss management RiskIMPACT...
Markel, Experian to Offer Data Breach Loss Control Resources
Sep 10 2012 // Markel has announced that it will now work with Experian Data Breach Resolution to provide loss control resources to its DataBreach policy holders. Owners of Markel’s DataBreach policy now will have access to...
Gibaltar Group Adds Baker as VP of Information Security
Sep 1 2012 // The Gibraltar Group, a risk and insurance advisory firm based in Lubbock, Texas, announced it has appointed Dr. Bruce Baker as vice president of Information Security, and expanded its risk and loss management RiskIMPACT...
Beazley Enhances Suite of Data Breach Products for Businesses
Aug 31 2012 // Beazley has unveiled major enhancements to its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) product. Launched over three years ago, BBR includes a separate limit of coverage for breach response services, and Beazley recently announced...
Chubb Launches Insurance Product for Health Care Fraud, Data Breaches
Aug 28 2012 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has introduced insurance coverage to help small to mid-size health care organizations manage some of their biggest exposures. ForeFront Portfolio 3.0 for Health Care Organizations offers...
Galveston Man Gets Prison for Hacking Texas DPS
Aug 28 2012 // A hacker who targeted Texas Department of Public Safety computers has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Higinio O. Ochoa III of Galveston must also pay more than $14,000...
