The US and UK governments have announced that they will conduct a joint simulation of a financial sector cyberattack some time later this month. The exercise is meant to test
In the wake of a massive data breach earlier this year that exposed over 20 million federal government employees’ personnel records, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has hired Clifton
Earlier this week, General Keith Alexander testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing entitled “Future of Warfare.” General Alexander urged Senators to make sure that in the
The Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) introduced proposed rules last month that would require foreign insurers to prioritize the purchase of Chinese security technologies when implementing security software and hardware
New reports by Marsh and the Insurance Information Institute (III) agree: take-up rates for cyber insurance are increasing. Premiums and limits are also increasing across industries. Bob Parisi, Senior Vice
Steptoe & Johnson’s Scott Sinder, John Fielding and Eva Rigamonti recently compiled an updated memo following the passage of S. 754: the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. This document is locked
Intelligent Insurer is reporting that specialist insurance group Novae has announced the hire of Jacqueline Spencer-Sim, former Brit exec., for its cyber team.
Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group announced that it has hired Jamie Bouloux to lead the firm’s new venture into the cyber insurance market, reports Intelligent Insurer.
This week, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge spoke at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, discussing his predictions of a government shift towards private cyber insurance to combat
For the past four years, the Department of Homeland Security has been developing a cybersecurity incident archive to protect against data breaches in the future. The announcement of this project
