Cyber underwriting

Insurers Ranked The Controls That Work. Staff Training Came First.

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Cyber insurance controls headline card over the City of London skyline and Tower Bridge, reading eleven controls, six beyond Cyber Essentials, in new ABI guidance.

The Association of British Insurers has published what its members’ claims data says actually reduces cyber losses. Several of the controls sit outside Cyber Essentials entirely, including backups. The Association of British Insurers has published good practice guidance on cyber resilience, setting out the cyber insurance controls its members regard as most effective. The document … Read more

Silent Push Now Sells Its Data To Other Vendors. The Insurance Case Is Still A Forecast.

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Threat intelligence has a timing problem. Most of it arrives after the damage. An indicator of compromise is a receipt, not a warning. Silent Push announced on Aug. 4 that it will sell its underlying infrastructure data to other cybersecurity companies. The Reston, Virginia firm previously kept that data inside its own platform. Now product … Read more

Cyber Insurance People Moves: CFC Appoints Gemma Hicks In Australia, Arch Promotes Sophie Law In London

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Two carriers made cyber personnel moves on the same day. CFC hired from Coalition again. Arch promoted from within. Cyber insurance carriers keep spending on people. On July 14, CFC named Gemma Hicks Cyber Development Manager for Australia. The same day, Arch Insurance International promoted Sophie Law to Cyber Underwriting Manager in London. One move … Read more

Silent Push 6.0 Gives Cyber Underwriters Sharper Threat Intelligence

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An IP address can lie about where it lives. It may read Oregon. The person behind it may sit in Pyongyang. Knowing where an attack truly starts is hard work. Silent Push built its platform on that gap. That early window is where cyber insurance threat intelligence pays off. This week, the firm launches version … Read more

What Your Cyber Insurance Policy Misses – And What Attackers Find First – NEW PODCAST

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Buying a cyber insurance policy still begins with a questionnaire. That process is no longer enough. In a recent Cyber Insurance News podcast, I spoke with Tristan Morris, co-founder and CEO of SplitSecure, and Dylan Hamilton, business development lead at SplitSecure. SplitSecure builds credential and privileged access management tools to provide insurers with verifiable proof … Read more

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