New York Cyber Regs Take Effect, Mid-Sized Firms Could See Biggest Impact March 1, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield As the insurance industry has closely followed developments regarding The New York State Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulation,...
Testing of EU Banks’ Cyber Defenses Needs Common EU Approach: Official February 28, 2017 European Union countries should test bank defenses against cyber attacks using a common set of requirements, a senior EU official...
UK Suspect Arrested in Deutsche Telekom Cyber Attack February 24, 2017 By Harro Ten Wolde British authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with a cyber attack that infected nearly 1 million routers used to...
Cyber Attacks Remain at Top of List of Business Continuity Worries: Survey February 21, 2017 By Tim Ross The threat of cyber attacks and political instability resulting from rising populism are among the biggest worries for businesses around...
New York State Finalizes First-in-Nation Cyber Security Regulation February 17, 2017 By Jim Finkle and Karen Freifeld New York state announced a final cyber security regulation on Thursday with mandatory standards for banks and insurers to combat...
Ukraine Blames Russian Hackers for Attacks on Power Grid, Financial System February 16, 2017 By Natalia Zinets Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russian hackers of targeting its power grid, financial system and other infrastructure with a new type...
UK Opens National Cyber Security Centre; MGA Sciemus Comments February 15, 2017 By L.S. Howard The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was officially launched this week – a government sponsored organization that is focused...
Gallagher Launches Manufacturers’ Cyber Solution to Close Coverage Gaps February 9, 2017 Arthur J. Gallagher announced it has responded to the “perfect storm” facing manufacturers – a rising risk of cyber attacks,...
Tesco Bank Hack Still a Mystery – to Frustration of Other UK Lenders February 8, 2017 By Lawrence White and Ritvik Carvalho British banking executives and security experts are growing frustrated at the dearth of information available more than three months after...
UK Firms Lack Board-Level Digital Skills to Deal with Cyber Attacks: Deloitte February 6, 2017 By Eric Pfanner Only 5 percent of large U.K. companies say their boards include directors with expertise in information technology or cyber security,...