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Georgia To Expand Cybersecurity Training Center

The next phase of a multimillion-dollar cybersecurity training center taking shape in downtown Augusta is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently announced an additional $35 million in funding for the Hull McKnight …

Lockton Partners with Cyber Risk Firm on Executive-Level Assessment Service

Dynetics, a provider of technology products, and the Washington, D.C. operations of Lockton Companies, have formed an alliance to provide Lockton clients direct access to QuickLook, an executive-level cyber risk assessment service. Part of Dynetics’ Cyber RiskScope portfolio of cyber …

Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts

The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are being scooped up by companies needing to …

AIG Enhances Cybersecurity Services for Cyber Risk Management Program

American International Group has formed new partnerships with cybersecurity experts to expand the risk mitigation and prevention services it offers cyber insurance clients. The partnerships include: K2 Intelligence, BitSight Technologies, RSA, and Axio Global. Services from these partners complement AIG’s …

N.Y. Regulator Lawsky Says Banks Need Money-Laundering Spot Checks

New York’s banking regulator floated a plan Wednesday to spot-check banks’ money laundering controls and hold executives accountable if they fail. Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, made the remarks in a speech at Columbia Law …