WannaCry Portends a Surge in Attacks By Byron Acohido WannaCry signifies two developments of profound consequence to company decision-makers monitoring the cybersecurity threat landscape.
5 Ransomware Ideas, or You'll WannaCry By Roberta Anderson Here are five ways to prepare in the face of an enormous uptick in increasingly severe ransomware attacks, such as the recent WannaCry.
Machine Learning to the Rescue on Cyber? By Byron Acohido Machines can assemble detailed profiles of how employees, partners and third-party vendors access and use data, and flag anomalies.
It's Time for the Cyber 101 Discussion By Dan Dunkel Cybersecurity, like terrorism or tornados, is about risk management. The sales professional must educate prospects about the risk.
Is It Time to Buy a Biometric Scanner? By Adam Levin Biometric authenticators are slowly making their way into people’s homes and provide an important, third means of verification.
Aggressive Regulation on Data Breaches By John Farley The FTC appears to be taking preemptive measures against a company making IoT devices, not waiting for a cyberattack to occur first.
Why Small Firms Need Cyber Coverage By Harris Tsangaris Some 4,000 small and mid-sized businesses are hit by cyber attacks each day -- and 60% go out of business within six months of a breach.
The Cyber Threat in Manufacturing By Daniel Holden While most people understand the threat to data privacy for retailers, hospitals, banks, etc., few realize how vulnerable manufacturers are.
Tech Secret to a Combined Ratio Below 100% By Matteo Carbone Deepak Karthikeyan While large personal auto insurers have adopted telematics-based programs, they’re only scratching the surface of the potential benefits.
Insurtech Is at an Inflection Point By Tom Kussurelis Insurtech funding has been dropping since 2021 and hit a 20-quarter low in 4Q22. Will it rebound, continue on a flat path or decline further?
'Digital Twins': The Race Is On By Roger Arnemann The concept is widely adopted in manufacturing and supply chain. Insurers that integrate digital twins will significantly out-compete rivals.
Insurance in 2030: What Does the Future Hold? By Marie Carr In an increasingly fractured world, insurers have to cover a greater array and frequency of intensifying risks.