Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In its modern iteration, cyber liability insurance mitigates the losses and business costs associated with cyber incidents and resulting downtime. CyberCube, a company specializing in quantifying cyber risk, estimates that the U.S. standalone cyber insurance market could reach $45 billion in premiums by 2034.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

AIG is one of the top cyber insurance companies in the U.S. Today’s columnist, Erin Kennealy of Guidewire Software, offers ways for security pros, the insurance industry and government regulators to come together so insurance companies can continue to offer insurance for ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 11, 2021

NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced it is partnering with leading cyber insurance 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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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Traditional Virtual Network Computing (VNC) software allows users to remotely control another computer over a network with permission and is often used for remote technical support. SMEs, who once considered macOS as the safer option, should exercise caution and prepare themselves for the impacts of this changing threat landscape.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 6, 2024

Quantifying risk helps manage risk by breaking it down and expressing it mathematically. What is Cyber Risk Quantification? Cyber risk quantification determines an organization’s risk exposure and prospective financial impact in a language everyone understands -money.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

He helps senior decision makers overcome cybersecurity sales objections and manages unlimited cyber risks through rigorous prioritization. In the private sector, he was a CISO for an insurance company, credit card processor, bank, credit union, and IT Managed Service Provider. See the conference agenda and register here.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 20, 2019

We talk to Bruce McDonnell of the East West Institute about how insurers are responding. Related Stories Episode 155: Disinformation is a Cyber Weapon and APTs warm to Mobile Malware Podcast Episode 117: Insurance Industry Confronts Silent Cyber Risk, Converged Threats NotPetya Horror Story Highlights Need for Holistic Security.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2019

Imposing just the right touch of policies and procedures towards mitigating cyber risks is a core challenge facing any company caught up in digital transformation. Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market. Enterprises, especially, tend to be methodical and plodding.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

Now toss in the fact that digital transformation is redoubling software development and data handling complexities. This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. This has exponentially expanded the attack surface available to motivated, well-funded threat actors.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this episode of the podcast (#117), we go deep on one of the hottest sectors around: cyber insurance. In the first segment, we talk with Thomas Harvey of the firm RMS about the problem of “silent cyber” risk to insurers and how better modeling of cyber incidents is helping to address that threat.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

Regulatory and compliance pressures: Regulators have taken note of healthcare's cyber risks, and new rules are forcing the issue. Many healthcare providers now undergo annual security audits and risk assessments as required by regulators or cyber insurance providers.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The state of cyber liability insurance The topic of cyber liability insurance is full of datapoints, statistics and graphs all showing upward trajectories. However, one statistic that has come to light recently is around a proportion of the companies who are discontinuing their current level of cover.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The bot can be used for almost anything, from answering simple questions to writing music or reports—even detecting vulnerabilities in code and helping write software. Cyber insurance trends in 2023. Security leaders will start integrating human risk management into their overall security strategy.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Networks are complex and connect to a number of critical components — software, applications, databases, and various types of endpoints — that don’t all operate the same way, making it a complicated challenge to keep threats off the network. It is one component of the greater vulnerability management framework.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Cyber attribution and deciphering the extent of state-level tasking is difficult, with blurred lines between state-aligned, state-involved and state-directed increasing the risk of escalation, collateral and misattribution. 4 – Ransomware rushes to the cloud.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Click here to watch the roundtable and learn about the future of cyber insurance from leading experts. In partnership with Cysurance, BlastWave hosted a roundtable entitled “The Future of Cyber Insurance and MSP Insurability. of Morris Risk Management, John Franzino of Grid Security Inc.,

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

#BeCyberSmart,” with this post we’ll dig deeper on cyber liability insurance, MFA, and other cybersecurity trends impacting MFA usage in higher education to help campuses manage this aspect of cyber risk for their communities. MFA is core to implementing a zero trust stance to protect your campus.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

Not knowing the configuration in detail and what monitoring software (intrusion prevention/detection) SIEM tools, etc. Mike Parkin, Senior Technical Engineer at Vulcan Cyber, a provider of SaaS for enterprise cyber risk remediation, is a fan of the collaborative. The question isn't if they'll get hit but when."

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. Enterprises should prioritize patching software and adopt a risk-based approach, focusing on vulnerabilities with the greatest potential impact.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. Formed in 1965, Greylock Partners has a long history of investing in enterprise and consumer software for seed and early-stage and beyond. AllegisCyber Capital.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a solid rundown of what the updates mean, check out this SecureWorld article from Kip Boyle , vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Initial Public Draft of its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) version 2.0. 19, Detroit on Sept.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Security Posture Improvements Prioritize patching and updating software to eliminate vulnerabilities being actively exploited in ransomware campaigns. Identify cyber insurance policies and ensure they align to business needs regarding ransomware attacks and data leaks. Ensure backups are highly secured. Don't let patching lag.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

Legacy infrastructure demands substantial upfront investment and incurs ongoing operational expenses, from software updates to licensing fees and hardware maintenance. Better Rates in Cyber Insurance Cyber liability insurance costs depend on your cyber risks.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. Enterprises should prioritize patching software and adopt a risk-based approach, focusing on vulnerabilities with the greatest potential impact.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

His name is Omar Masri and he's a software engineer and also the founder and CEO of Mamari.io, which helps businesses overcome the cost and complexities of cybersecurity, preventing attacks while meeting compliance and cyber insurance requirements. You got hacked, you’re sort of just paid, your insurance covered it.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyber insurance backstop.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a year where the supply chain was on trial, Cycode is a startup filling the vulnerability gap often present in the software supply chain and DevOps pipeline. Also read: SBOMs: Securing the Software Supply Chain. was recently named a Leader in the Forrester Wave’s Privacy Management Software, Q4, 2021. Cowbell Cyber.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Left of Boom refers to actions you can take to protect your organization before a cyber incident. It includes the following advice: Have visibility and control of all assets and actionable metrics to measure cyber risk. Cyber insurance is not the answer! Move to the cloud. Backup all critical data at least daily.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cybercriminals will employ advanced techniques using AI, particularly GenAI and machine translation models to develop content that accurately imitates the language, tone, and format of legitimate emails and texts thereby tricking more individuals into divulging sensitive information or installing malicious software.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

Well this forces me to pivot to software-defined security, tighten third-party vendor audits, and monitor for APTs exploiting trade-driven disruptions. The domains of cybersecurity, cybercrime investigations, and cyber insurance will all be impacted. These tariffs will create real cyber risks.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

In this blog, I’m exploring these changes, grouped under key categories that I’ve used in previous years, to help business leaders and cyber risk owners better prepare for the evolving landscape. Software vendors, open-source software, cloud services, and hardware suppliers remain particularly vulnerable.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

.” Another organizational unit within Conti with its own budget allocations — called the “ Reversers ” — was responsible for finding and exploiting new security vulnerabilities in widely used hardware, software and cloud-based services. “They are insured for cyber risks, so what are we waiting for?”

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Adam Levin

MARCH 2, 2020

A recent study found that the cyber gap impacts 74 percent of organizations, with 63 percent of cybersecurity professionals reporting that the talent gap increased their workload, 68 percent reporting negative effects on their personal lives, and 38 percent reporting higher burnout rates. Don’t be the next Heritage Company.

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