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NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced it is partnering with leading cyberinsurance companies to help businesses manage their risks online. As a result, some insurance companies have had to raise premiums to cover their costs.
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We know the attack started on July 19, 2020, after hackers accessed a sliver of the University's network: ". Starting in 2020, new strains of ransomware rapidly emerged that exfiltrates (or steals) data, then encyrpts the data on the victim's servers. And number one is cyberinsurance. Hackers had to change their tactics.
The relationship between enterprises and insurers, like the cyberinsurance market itself, is evolving. There isn’t just one force leading this shift, and although cyberinsurance is going to continue to be more commonplace, there are other actors in this story,” said Eddy Bobritsky, CEO at Minerva Labs.
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