Mark Sauter

Mark Sauter's insights on the financial, policy and security elements of cyber insurance are based on years of experience in the investment banking, media and business worlds. Co-author of the McGraw Hill university textbook "Homeland Security: a Complete Guide," Sauter was also a consultant to one of the world's largest software companies and served as a US Army Special Forces and infantry officer.

Better Modeling Will not Save the Cyber Re/Insurance Industry from Catastrophic Risk: The Geneva Association

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“Cyber Risk Accumulation: Fully Tackling the Insurability Challenge’” is a useful new report from The Geneva Association (GA), “a global association of insurance and reinsurance CEOs and think tank for the insurance industry.” See information on the report here. We found a number of the report’s findings valuable, including the role and recent history of … Read more

SEC Suit Against SolarWinds CISO to Drive Demand for D&O Insurance & Other Protections for Cyber Security Chiefs: WSJ

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued SolarWinds Corporation, the software company, and its chief information security officer, Timothy G. Brown, for fraud and internal control failures in relation to the company’s major hack in 2020, reportedly conducted by Russian intelligence. “The complaint seeks permanent injunctive relief, disgorgement with prejudgment interest, civil penalties, and an … Read more

Brits Debate Government Backstop to Cyber Insurance Industry

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As in the US, the discussion turns on the threat of a catastrophic “systemic” cyber attack, which could generate $3.5 trillion in “global economic damage” according to a recent model prepared for Lloyd’s of London (which has been tightening its war exclusions.) The UK established a backstop decades ago for terrorism coverage after IRA attacks … Read more

Cyber Security Claims Increasing this Year & So is Complexity of Attacks: Allianz

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Cyber security claims are back up and could show 25% YoY growth for 2023, says a new Allianz Commercial report. Not only are claims increasing, but so is the complexity of attacks. “”Double and triple extortion incidents – using a combination of encryption, data exfiltration and Distributed Denial of Service attacks – to obtain money are … Read more

SYN Ventures Leads $8 million Series A Investment in Upfort

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Formerly known as Paladin Cyber, Upfort has raised $8 million from SYN Ventures, with participation from Eniac Ventures and Fika Ventures (Upfort seed investor). Valuation was not disclosed. The company describes itself as a cyber security and insurance platform that can improve underwriting for cyber liability insurance. “Upfort’s proprietary cybersecurity technology streamlines the cyber insurance purchase and underwriting process … Read more

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