July 21, 2011
One of Sony Corp’s insurers has asked a court to declare that it does not have to pay to defend the media and electronics conglomerate from mounting legal claims related to a massive data breach earlier this year. The dispute …
June 20, 2011
Demand for cyberinsurance was rising even before the most recent highly-publicized parade of breaches at major corporations and organizations. After the news of the first major Sony hack but before the subsequent reports involving Sony, Citicorp, the International Monetary Fund …
June 20, 2011
Even before a loosely organized group of hackers broke into the CIA’s and Senate’s public websites, the White House asked for stiffer sentences for breaking into government and private computer networks. Last month the Obama administration pressed Congress to pass …
June 15, 2011
Travelers has unveiled CyberRisk, a new product from Travelers Bond & Financial Products meant to limit client cyber exposures and managing associated risks. “Cyber risks leave businesses exposed regardless of size, industry or track record,” said Jason Glasgow, CyberRisk product …
June 9, 2011
Citigroup Inc. said computer hackers breached the bank’s network and accessed the data of about 200,000 bank card holders in North America, the latest of a string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies. Citi said the names of customers, account …
June 6, 2011
Wary of alarming customers, many firms never report the kind of cyber attacks suffered by Sony, Google and others — and as long as the stigma holds, tackling the growing problem may prove impossible. Data theft is a menace that …
May 13, 2011
The White House Thursday pressed Congress to pass strong cybersecurity measures to protect consumers’ personal information and safeguard the nation’s financial system and electric power grid from potentially devastating attacks. Several cybersecurity bills have limped along in Congress over the …
May 12, 2011
White House officials Thursday planned to unveil a major legislative proposal aimed at improving U.S. cybersecurity and protecting the economy, an administration official said. The proposal is the result of two and one-half years of work. U.S. computers have long …
April 28, 2011
“Sony Corp. said that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million user accounts. Some …
April 11, 2011
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has introduced Allied World U.S.’s new privacy and network security insurance product, Privacy//101. Designed for small to mid‐size companies, law firms, healthcare and other organizations, Privacy//101 provides protection in the event of a data …