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Is it Time to Update Your Cyber Insurance Strategy?

Security Boulevard

If anything, 2020 was about preparing for – well, everything. In 2021, rethinking your cyber insurance strategy should be a top priority for CISOs and executive leadership. The elevated risk landscape is driving growing demand for cyber insurance: Nearly four out of five organizations.

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Top 8 Cyber Insurance Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks.

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Safety first: Will insurance companies stall or accelerate cybersecurity progress?

SC Magazine

But when it comes to cybersecurity coverage, the relationship between enterprises and insurers has been rocky and uncertain. . The relationship between enterprises and insurers, like the cyber insurance market itself, is evolving. That’s quite the incentive for insurers to assert themselves in this market.

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Ransomware captures attention of business leaders, as losses become real

SC Magazine

in 2020 alone. In addition, having cyber insurance coverage in place does not guarantee an organization can recoup losses associated with a ransomware attack. The FBI reported an increase of more than 225% in total losses from ransomware in the U.S.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. a16z Investments. ForgePoint Investments. Insight Investments. Kleiner Perkins Investments. LVP Investments.

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Report: Ransomware Attacks and the True Cost to Business

Security Boulevard

Ransomware attacks have continued to make headlines, and for good reason: on average, there is a new ransomware attack every 11 seconds, and the losses to organizations from ransomware attacks is projected to reach $20 billion over the course of 2021 following a record increase in losses of more than 225% in 2020.

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Local government cybersecurity: 5 best practices

Malwarebytes

Take cyber insurance , for example. Cyber insurance can prevent local governments from having to pay huge out of pocket costs in the event that they’re hit with a cyberattack. In Michigan’s Cyber Partners Program , for example, local communities receive services from a CISO-level consultant.