Iowa County Decides Cyber Insurance Creates More Risk Than It Mitigates

“Polk County won’t be adopting a special cyber insurance plan out of concern that doing so could increase risks of being hacked, county administrator John Norris told supervisors in a memo this month.”

Source: Polk County rejects cyber insurance following review – Axios Des Moines

Mark Sauter

Mark Sauter’s insights on the financial, policy and security elements of cyber insurance are based on years of experience in the investment banking, media and business worlds. Co-author of the McGraw Hill university textbook “Homeland Security: a Complete Guide,” Sauter was also a consultant to one of the world’s largest software companies and served as a US Army Special Forces and infantry officer.