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Progress Software Corporation (PRGS) is the provider of MOVEit Transfer software, a program responsible for what is widely considered the largest hack so far in 2023, impacting at least 2,000 enterprises and 60 million individuals, according to media reports. The Company has now issued a 10Q report (10/10/23) providing details on the attack and recoveries … Read more
“(M)ore than half (54%) of respondents found the current state of the cyber insurance market to be unsustainable,” reports the useful survey from KYND Limited, a provider of cyber risk management services. The top concern: Systemic risk. The finding tracks with our reporting on industry concerns about systemic risk, from cyber war exclusions to efforts … Read more
The cyber insurance industry has long asserted that its underwriting processes, combined with security tech embedded in policies or supplied by third parties, will improve their clients’ security and impact the broader economy. Some carriers have provided statistics on breaches that appear to support the proposition. Cyber security company Netwrix tested this with a survey … Read more
Cyber Insurance News has wondered how often ransomware gangs — groups of criminals often supported by hostile foreign powers — can be trusted. We asked Jennifer Coughlin of Mullen Coughlin, “a law firm uniquely dedicated exclusively to representing organizations facing data privacy events, information security incidents, and the need to address these risks before a … Read more
PERILS, an independent organization providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, and CyberAcuView, an organization set up by leading cyber insurers, have launched a US Cyber Industry Loss Index. The index will report affirmative US primary cyber market losses resulting from systemic cyber incidents that affect more than one insurer and more than one policyholder. The reporting … Read more