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What some call the largest IT outage in history was caused by a faulty software update, not a cyber attack. But the team at Broadstone thinks the CrowdStrike debacle this summer will move the cyber liability insurance market anyway. “The CrowdStrike event, along with other recent cyber incidents like MoveIT, Change Healthcare, CDK Global, and … Read more
FifthWall Solutions has announced the closing of a $5 million Series-A funding round. The investors were not dislosed by the company, which says the round will support product development and other growth initiatives. FifthWall describes itself as a “leading cyber insurance wholesaler and consulting firm with direct access to 50+ carriers, (that) partners with MSPs … Read more
The Company‘s new business unit, Envelop Risk Solutions, will provide technical assistance to reinsurance providers “across the full capital management spectrum, including: cyber underwriting and underwriting strategy, cyber modelling, scenario modelling, capital metrics, cyber market analytics, new product development, threat intelligence, reinsurance operations automation, and global cyber risk forecasting.” “We have developed advanced capabilities to … Read more
In the world of cybercrime, few experiences are as frustrating as paying a ransom to recover stolen data only to remain empty-handed. This stark reality is highlighted in the issue of ransomware data recovery where recent studies reveal that 1/3 of ransomware victims did not recover data even after paying up. For individuals and businesses, … Read more
In an effort to ease the often cumbersome process of obtaining cyber insurance, The Baldwin Group announced the launch of Cyber Navigator, an API-connected placement platform, in collaboration with digital commercial brokerage firm Limit. This announcement marks Baldwin’s first in-house digital placement tool, streamlining the process for procuring cyber insurance. Cyber Navigator’s advanced technology simplifies … Read more