CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The role of the CISO has evolved, and so have the responsibilities. Some believe a CISO must have technical knowledge and experience as a cybersecurity professional, others think leadership skills such as being able to communicate with boards are what matters most. To read this article in full, please click here

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

As the majority of the global Covid fog finally started lifting in 2022, other events – and their associated risks – started to fill the headspace of C-level execs the world over. In my role, I regularly engage with CISOs in all kinds of sectors, representatives at industry bodies, and experts at analyst houses.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this digital battlefield, cyber insurance has emerged as a crucial shield, offering financial protection against data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other cyber incidents. However, just as the threats evolve, so too does the cost of protection, with the global cyber insurance market projected to balloon to a staggering $90.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2023

A review of the executives pages published by the 2022 list of Fortune 100 companies found only four — BestBuy , Cigna , Coca-Cola , and Walmart — that listed a Chief Security Officer (CSO) or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in their highest corporate ranks. Nor is the average pay hugely different among all these roles.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 17, 2023

When considering adding a cyber insurance policy, organizations, both public and private, must weigh the pros and cons of having insurance to cover against harm caused by a cybersecurity incident. Compliance: Certain industries and jurisdictions require organizations to have cyber insurance or to meet certain cybersecurity standards.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Chief Financial Officers aka CFOs are ignoring billions of dollars loss incurred through cyber risks and threats, says a survey. Contrarily, 66% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) felt that their IT infrastructure was super vulnerable to cyber attacks, as they were ill prepared to encounter them- all due to budget constraints.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The post Are Cyber Insurers Cybersecurity’s New Enforcers? That means cyberattacks targeting enterprises and individuals are happening at a rate of about one attack every few seconds. The average ransom payment made by a business to. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

In March 2021 Google Cloud announced a new offering called Risk Protection Program, which is designed to help its cloud customers reduce security risk and connect with Google’s insurer partners, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and Munich Re.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Every time a driver buckles up or an airbag is deployed we see the powerful influence of the insurance companies who insisted those measures become mandatory. Now, those insurers are poised to drive cybersecurity investment by insisting that organizations meet certain criteria to qualify for coverage. A maturing model.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO). Nobody’s saying these companies don’t have CISOs and/or CSOs and CTOs in their employ.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2024

The moment when that dreaded questionnaire from your Cyber Insurer lands on your desk like a ton of digital bricks. The post Cyber Insurance Reduces Risk: Five Ways to Lower Your Rates appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

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. That’s a 29.1%

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

API security is a pressing concern for industries undergoing digital transformation, and none more so than financial services and insurance. To shed light on their unique challenges, Salt undertook and today released its first industry-specific report on API security: the 2023 “State of API Security for Financial Services and Insurance.”

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 1, 2023

One aspect of these cyberattacks that has been hotly debated is the role that cybersecurity insurance plays in these incidents. To better understand the relationship between insurance and ransomware, U.K.-based RUSI's research challenges the notion that cyber insurance is a direct catalyst for ransomware.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Traditionally, insurance policies like Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance didn’t cover the personal liabilities of CISOs. But now, insurers are beginning to offer professional liability policies designed specifically for cybersecurity leaders. With this new wave of coverage, the risk landscape changes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2022

The research was compiled by Cider Security along with experts from Netflix, Atlassian, Mozilla, Lemonade Insurance, Rapid7, Databricks, and the former CISOs of Twitter and LivePerson. The risks outlined are: . CICD-SEC-1 : Insufficient Flow Control Mechanisms. CICD-SEC-2 : Inadequate Identity and Access Management. Raanan Loew.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

CISOs continue to face an uphill battle, and one of their biggest headaches is where to focus cyber investments. Solving distinctly separate challenges like cyber insurance, compliance and regulations, and visibility for the board is an overwhelming task, but what if you could solve these issues with a single solution?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cybersecurity risks increase every year and bludgeon victims who fail to prepare properly. For those interested in a better understanding of the oncoming risks, this is the information you are looking for. It can feel like crossing a major highway while blindfolded. Many never see the catastrophe about to happen, until it occurs.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Cybersecurity garnered far more attention in executive boardrooms and among regulators and insurance underwriters during the last couple years, thanks to both an increasing volume of attacks and growing demand for digital transformation. Our profile is certainly getting higher. Failure to communicate.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. This is because third-party risk has become a huge problem for enterprises in the digital age. Cyber risks profiling. based CyberGRX. Cyber hygiene boost.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 26, 2024

TL;DR: Cyber liability insurance is essential, but premiums are increasing, and numerous exclusions exist. Important steps to lower premiums include preparation, articulating your risk, and demonstrating progressive improvement in security through measurable metrics. Why Do Organizations Need Cyber Liability Insurance?

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Dark Reading

MAY 30, 2019

The reality for business owners and CISOs looking to protect their business from a cyberattack is that cyber insurance is not a catchall for protecting against risk and loss.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 5, 2021

A group of investors filed the suit which specifically calls out SolarWinds, its former CEO, and also Tim Brown, who is VP of Security and CISO. This week, SolarWinds fired back on the lawsuit's claims and accusations as it defended its CISO and its own cybersecurity actions in court. Summary of SolarWinds response to investor lawsuit.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Financial services and insurance sectors are particularly vulnerable due to the increasing number of APIs they need to manage. According to Salt Security’s latest report, over 50% of financial services and insurance organizations manage more than 500 APIs for development, delivery, and integration, which is a significant amount to secure.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This shift is expected to place significant pressure on organizations that haven’t yet developed trusted data to manage risk effectively. To mitigate risks, businesses will invest in modern, privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), such as trusted execution environments (TEEs) and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE).

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform centers around helping customers holistically measure, effectively communicate, and proactively eliminate cyber risk, with a hyper focus on the impact of cyber risk on business risk.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 25, 2021

Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) have the luxury of being an incredibly hot commodity, so they can pretty much pick and choose where they work, as they are almost guaranteed to have a job waiting for them somewhere. And this is increasing cyber risk. In hopes of defending against attacks like these, Gov.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2023

Sam Masiello , CISO, The Anschutz Corporation: "I would expect that many CISOs today are feeling as if their job just got harder and now has a brighter spotlight shining specifically on them. Many CISOs are already burnt out, and there is shortage of qualified CISOs globally. CISOs are expected to be a unicorn already.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2022

cyber insurance carriers in 2021 rose 92% year-over-year, largely in response to a surge in ransomware. Cyber risk insurers are also declining coverage to companies with substandard cybersecurity controls, as well as changing the fine print for sublimits to reduce coverage for types of losses one by one.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. 5 – Recession requires CISOs to get frank with the board about proactive security. By Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

We need to work with many different teammates on campus — risk management, legal, compliance and institutional review boards, to name a few — to effectively manage cybersecurity risk across our communities. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

What Cybersecurity Needs To Know About Segregation Of DutiesCybersecurity has moved to the top of the list of priorities of CISOs and not just because of the astronomical cost of cyber insurance. billion on information security and risk management products and […]. According to Gartner organizations will spend a collective $188.3

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

As an advisory CISO and part of Cisco’s strategy group, an essential part of my role is talking to CISOs from every kind of organization. From these conversations, it is clear cyber liability insurance is steadily rising to the top of the agenda, due to the sheer amount and scale of cyber-attacks hitting firms.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Third party security risk is an issue that frequently comes up in my discussions with clients. Meanwhile, Prevalent noted that companies are currently big on exposure but small on preparation, with a staggering 45% still relying on manual spreadsheets to assess third party risk. Control the risk. How simple is the solution?

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By this point, we’re all familiar with the list of requirements for a strong password: unique, long, memorable, free from any personal information… But even the strongest passwords can pose a risk if they’re the only thing standing between your users and enterprise content. trillion USD annually by 2025?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 22, 2022

Even with ransomware costing billions of dollars in losses and cyber insurance claims, organizations are still impacted beyond the checkbook. These attacks have driven the cost of cyber insurance premiums higher. Many insurance companies spend more time evaluating claims to ensure the clients have done all the due diligence.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Cyberrisk is business risk. But how should we communicate this risk to the business, to clients, or to investors? Accenture annual report: risks we face from cyberattacks. However, we were most interested in seeing how Accenture articulated a particular business risk: the risk from a cyberattack.

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