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Some Sage Customers Open to Data Breaches Because of Their Own Lax Security

Sage Group, already hit by an insider data breach this week, then found itself racing to shut down security lapses by more than 20 customers after a U.S. researcher uncovered stores of their corporate data exposed online. The British financial …

Lloyd’s Has Potentially Large Exposure to Catastrophic Cyber Attack: Adsensa Review

A review of almost 400 reinsurance contracts underwritten at Lloyd’s of London has revealed potentially significant vulnerabilities and exposures if a catastrophic cyber attack should occur. Analysis of 392 property and casualty reinsurance policies underwritten by a trio of reinsurers …

Israeli Cyber Security Business Foundry, Team8, on Track to Build 5 Firms by 2020

Team8, a cyber security business foundry created by veterans of the Israeli army’s technology and intelligence unit 8200, said it closed a $23 million round of financing. Team8 plans to use the money to develop five companies over the next …

Israel’s Illusive Networks Aims to Foil Hackers by Directing Them to Fake Data

Israeli start-up Illusive Networks says it can foil cyber hackers by lulling them into thinking they have found a way to steal data, which is actually fake. The company, set up last year, says algorithms in its software are able …

Brand Damage, Financial Head Aon’s Survey of Top 10 Global Risks

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has unveiled the key risks as identified by its clients across the globe. Cyber risk made the list for the first time in the No. 9 spot, which the …

Insurance Doesn’t Tackle Underlying Problem of Cyber Crime: Bloomberg View

Companies are finding a way to minimize the repercussions when their digital security is violated. Unfortunately, they’re turning to the same safeguards that protect the guitar-strumming hands of Keith Richards, the goal-scoring limbs of David Beckham and the most remarkable …

NYDFS Finds Potential Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities With Banks’ Vendors

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a report Thursday that found significant potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities with banks’ third-party vendors. New York regulators noted that banks rely on third-party vendors for a broad range of services — …

ACE Group Offers Tiered Loss Mitigation Services for Cyber

ACE Group is offering a new Loss Mitigation Services designed to help businesses reduce the possibility of cyber security attacks and data breaches from occurring, minimize potential losses, and prepare for possible regulatory or legal actions. According to recent findings …

Secret Service Agent Says Many Cyber Breaches Go Unreported

Many breaches in data security may be going unreported by American businesses. That’s according to Kirk Arthur, supervisory special agent for the U.S. Secret Service’s San Francisco field office. “Businesses simply don’t report it,” said Arthur, who was speaking in …

Health Industry Lacks Patient Data Safeguards

New technologies are flooding into the healthcare world, but the industry is not adequately prepared to protect patients from data breaches, according to a report published Thursday. A vast majority of hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and insurers are eager to adapt …