Here it is—Your Cyber Insurance Sunday—Upload. The latest cybersecurity insurance news. A few items from the week. Some we reported on, and others we found interesting: Zywave, Cyberboxx, and CRC with moves, The First-Ever Cloud Outage Cat Bond, Election Risks and Staggering numbers coming out in the wake of the United Healthcare hack. There’s more. Take a look. Share it. Enjoy the reads. Enjoy the day!
- This one put the “new” in news: First-Ever Cloud Outage Cat Bond: A Game Changer for Cyber Insurance.
- Warnings about cyber attacks and what can be considered digital warfare: Elections at Risk: CyberCube Warns of Heightened Public Sector Cyber Attacks.
- On that note and as if on cue: Cyberattack crashes New York state bill drafting system.
- Zywave, Cyberboxx, and CRC with new offerings: Zywave Announces New Cyber Quoting Platform to Streamline Insurance Distribution and Cyberboxx Business 5.0: Simplified Cyber Insurance for Enhanced Business Resilience and CRC Group Bolsters Cyber Insurance with INSUREtrust Integration.
- North Dakota Hospitals taking steps to address the threat of cyber crime: Cyber Insurance Tailored to Industry & US State: North Dakota Hospitals Team with Security Firm and Insurance Carriers.
- On healthcare hacks, staggering numbers popping up in relation to the United Healthcare attack: UnitedHealth to take up to $1.6 billion hit this year from Change hack.
- UK Ministry of Defense makes cybersecurity move: Jacobs Named as Supplier of Cyber Security Services to UK Ministry of Defence.
- Over half a million Roku accounts compromised in second cyber security breach.
- Lastly, and considering the global nature of cybercrime, here’s a good big-picture take: Global Crime Rising as Groups Adapt Technologically—International criminal activity is spiking as criminal groups use increasingly sophisticated technologies from lawless corners of the globe.