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[Yes, we didn’t know that’s North Dakota’s office nickname.] How to help state/local governments improve their cybersecurity when cyber employees are scarce, threats many and insurance expensive? An innovative approach is being run in North Dakota, where the state offers SOC and managed security services and users can obtain a 4% discount on cyber insurance. … Read more
We’ve all heard the horror stories of companies hacked via penetrations of their vendors and partners. “’A company can take out insurance for third parties, but we don’t see a lot of those premiums tied directly to the number of third parties a company has under contract,’ (Jerry Caponera, general manager of risk quantification at … Read more
The hints come from an article by the National Security Agency’s (NSA) former general counsel, Glenn S. Gerstell, who’s been involved in development of the plan. He predicts a much more detailed cyber strategy than in past and indicates increased federal involvement is coming, because: “Market forces are not enough.” That includes reliance on cyber … Read more
“While UK government scheme Cyber Essentials works to protect SMEs from cyber risks, it can provide a false sense of security that firms are completely protected,” reports Insurance Times. Very different from broader proposed US government involvement in cyber, the British program offers two levels: “Cyber Essentials – this enables organisations to assess themselves against … Read more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), part of the Bank of England, asked 17 general insurers and 21 Lloyd’s of London syndicates to assess their solvency against a set of cyber losses. “The regulator assessed industry responses to three underwriting ‘cyber scenarios’ – a cloud outage, data exfiltration and systemic ransomware.”The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation … Read more