Cyber Incident and Reporting Act Signed by President Biden 

Where reporting requirements exist, lawsuits follow. “The Cyber Incident Reporting Act puts in motion important new cybersecurity reporting requirements that will likely apply to businesses in almost every major sector of the economy, including health care, financial services, energy, transportation and commercial facilities.” Source: Biden Signs Cyber Incident and Reporting Act, Requires Reporting

Cyber Policyholders Better Plan Ahead for Subrogation Actions Following a Hack 

Law firm Lowenstein Sandler warns: “If these subrogation actions ‘stick,’ policyholders should expect that once a cyber claim is paid by an insurer, that will not be the end of their involvement with responding to the breach. Rather, policyholders will be obligated under the terms of their policies to make their records, investigation results, and … Read more

Watch Out for SPoF Attacks in 2022, Warns CyberCube in New Report

The company’s Global Threat Brief H1-2022 calls out several sectors with significant risk: education, healthcare, manufacturing and utilities. As for specific attacks: “In the first half of 2022, we can expect to see an active cyber threat landscape with more digital supply chain and Single Pointof Failure (SPoF) attacks… CyberCube expects to see ransomware threat … Read more

Cyber Insurance Market Looks for New Approach, With Lloyds Downshifting on Coverage 

“At a time when the need for cyber insurance has never been more clear, brokerages have spent much of 2021 decreasing coverage and increasing rates. But on Friday, tucked into a Reuters story, a big shoe appeared to drop: Lloyds of London, the carrier holding nearly a fifth of the cyber insurance market, discouraged its … Read more