Attack on Metropolitan Opera: Overture for Increased Targeting of Cultural Non-profits? 

“Whatever the motive and means, the cyberattack on the Met is a warning to other cultural institutions. Anyone is a potential target. ‘I am always cautioning clients that everyone is a target, regardless of their size and industry. It should not take an incident such as this to make other cultural institutions realize they are … Read more

APCIA to Feds: Not So Fast with a “Cyber TRIP” 

American Property Casualty Insurance Association’s response to the federal government’s request for comment on cyber insurance issues: “We believe it is premature to explore the details of a federal insurance response without conducting a thorough study of the threshold questions raised above to determine where, if at all, such a response is needed. Nevertheless, experience … Read more

Interesting Chubb Survey on Personal Cyber Insurance — But Could this Many People Really Have Such Policies? 

“…39% of the survey respondents currently have a personal cyber insurance policy, and that percentage increases greatly with household income. In fact, 83% of high net worth report having a cyber policy. However, there is still work to be done. With 39% saying they are unfamiliar with personal cyber insurance, including 19% saying they are … Read more

“Selective Underwriting Appetites Turn Cyber Insurance Shopping into Brainteaser:” New Report from Risk Placement Services 

The 2023 U.S. Cyber Market Outlook provides useful information on issues such as the regulatory environment, causes of cyber claims, industry break-downs and some predictions for 2023. It also affirms the trend we’ve written about before — social engineering and fraudulent payment scams moving to the fore (by percentage of claims, not losses) as hybrid … Read more

Does the Cyber Insurance Industry Overrate MFA? 

“MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) is good and everyone should use it where they can to protect valuable data and systems (says security expert Roger A. Grimes.) Unfortunately, the insurance industry and their customers are going to learn that using ANY MFA is not going to be as helpful in reducing risk as they thought. Unfortunately, about … Read more

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