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Michael Lewis will join CFC in January 2025 as Cyber Development Manager. This appointment strengthens CFC’s cyber team in Australia. He spent two years at Emergence Insurance as a business development underwriter. He will operate from CFC’s office in Melbourne. Lewis’s role is CFC’s first dedicated cyber business development position in Australia. His focus will … Read more
I read it and thought this isn’t new, “97% of Leading U.S. Banks Impacted by Third-Party Data Breaches in 2024.” I went to check on SecurityScorecard’s website. I was wrong; it is new, and I’d confused it with this press release from last month, “97% of Top U.S. Retailers Experienced a Third-Party Breach.” While my … Read more
Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) might want to polish off their resumes. Cybersecurity firm Derive suggests the CISO role could become a “dying breed.” The Virginia-based company has launched a next-generation platform it claims can replace CISOs with data-driven insights. Derive’s Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) platform promises to redefine cybersecurity leadership. The system quantifies cyber … Read more
Lloyd’s of London has launched a standalone cyber insurance consortium with HITRUST and an association of AA-rated carriers. The program offers HITRUST-certified organizations broader coverage, lower premiums, and a simplified cyber insurance experience. The initiative rewards HITRUST-certified organizations with advantages such as competitive insurance rates, streamlined underwriting processes, and extensive coverage. HITRUST has established its … Read more
Actuaries get teased for what some outsiders see as a boring job. But a new report makes clear that actuaries are increasingly part of the interesting, sometimes even exciting, world of cybersecurity. Nowadays actuaries and cyber insurance increasingly go together, details the report from the UK’s Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA). Entitled “Actuaries Managing … Read more