Marks & Spencer’s Cyber Crisis: 12 Lessons on Cybersecurity and Cyber Insurance

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Anatomy of a Cyberattack – On July 8, 2025, Marks & Spencer Chairman Archie Norman appeared before the UK Parliament’s Business and Trade Sub-Committee. The hearing focused on the April cyberattack that shook the British retail giant. Norman, joined by General Counsel Nick Folland and Corporate Affairs Director Victoria McKenzie-Gould, delivered a sobering account of … Read more

Cowbell Expands Cyber Resilience Services with New Compliance Service and DFIR Leader

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Cowbell Introduces COMPaaS for SOC 2 Compliance Cowbell today unveiled COMPaaS, a Compliance‑as‑a‑Service offering. This new service guides startups, growth‑stage firms, and service providers toward SOC 2 readiness. It supports both U.S. and global regulatory environments. The platform includes gap analysis, risk assessments, penetration testing, policy drafting, audit prep, live support, and access to a GRC platform. … Read more

CAI Unveils Cyber Insurance Assessment Tool

We all need to know – “Is it safe?” echoes the famous line from Marathon Man. Today, organizations ask, “Are we safe?” CAI answers with a new cyber insurance assessment tool. CAI Launches Cyber Insurance Assessment CAI, a global services firm based in Allentown, Pa., introduced a comprehensive cyber insurance assessment on July 8, 2025. … Read more

Cyber Risks: Markel Launches UK Pre‑Loss Cyber Services

No Time Like The Present – How does the saying go? “Timing is everything,” and “Never let a crisis go to waste.” These ideas may have echoed in the C-suite at Markel as they launched this pre-loss services initiative. In the wake of the Marks & Spencer and Co-op hacks, UK business leaders are (better … Read more

2% of Large Firms Face High Risk from Scattered Spider

When 2% is a lot – Two percent might not sound like much. That’s until you realize it’s 287 global companies. It’s not a rounding error. That’s a buffet for Scattered Spider, which has reemerged as a significant cyber threat in 2025. The group now poses a serious challenge for cyber (re)insurance portfolios. This analysis, … Read more

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