Opinion/Commentary

The Uncomfortable Truth About Cybersecurity: Why Awareness Month Is Not Enough

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Cyber Attack Insurance

Cyber Resilience Is The New Seamanship Here’s the uncomfortable truth. “Cybersecurity Awareness Month” is a start. It is not a strategy. The risks do not pause on November 1. Ransomware crews do not take holidays. Boards cannot either. Sailors once read the sky to prepare for storms. Today, digital leaders must read the threat landscape. … Read more

AI Risk Insurance: Ransomware Redux or Industry Reinforcement Learning?

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AI Risk Insurance: Can Cyber and Tech E&O Policies Keep Up with Autonomous Agents? If you were a Replit customer and its AI agents mistakenly wiped your entire production database containing 1K+ companies and execs data, would you expect your cyber policy to cover the resulting lost revenue (BI & CBI) and costs to restore … Read more

Deepfakes, Emails, and Lies: Social Engineering’s Corporate Help Desk Takeover

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The Can’t Help Desk – Get ready: your friendly neighborhood help desk is about to become a lot less helpful. Consider it another shining achievement of our digital age. Right up there with self-driving cars that drive into walls and social media that makes everyone hate each other more efficiently. Now, “help desks,” once the … Read more

If You Think Your Secrets Are Safe, Think Again: Even the FBI Can’t Hide

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The Myth of Digital Safety If you believe your private data is secure from cybercriminals, you may need to reconsider. A new report from the Justice Department Inspector General, which outlines the FBI’s “efforts to mitigate the effects of ubiquitous technical surveillance” (UTS), reveals an unsettling truth: even the most fortified U.S. agencies are vulnerable … Read more

Redefining Critical Infrastructure: The Rising Stakes of School Cybersecurity and Resilience

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If you think critical infrastructure, what springs to mind? Probably transportation, energy, or healthcare—systems that, when disrupted, can cripple our daily lives as well as the broader economy. We rightfully worry about this. We defend against cyberattacks such as ransomware shutting down hospitals, DDoS attacks disrupting financial institutions, data breaches compromising sensitive information, attacks disabling … Read more

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