On June 30, the NetDiligence Virtual Cyber Risk Summit kicked off with a perennial favorite panel, Claims and Losses. Moderator Simon Oddy (Baker Tilly) was joined by Mark Greisiger (NetDiligence), Joe Niemcyzk (Markel), Marissa Olsen (Aspen Insurance) and Jennifer Coughlin (Mullen Coughlin) to discuss recent developments and trends in claims and losses resulting from cyber…

Used widely among small to medium enterprises (SMEs), Microsoft 365® is a prime target for cybercriminals. Read this Q&A to learn the key vulnerabilities of this SaaS platform and the five safeguards to take to mitigate your business’ exposure.

NetDiligence Global Events and Programming kicked off its Virtual Summer Summit with a preview event, Cyber Smart Webinar, featuring speakers Jim Stickley (Stickley on Security) and Paige Hanson (NortonLifeLock). After the event, NetDiligence followed up with Hanson for a discussion of “Cyber Smart Tips.”

Data reveals that in 2019, 55% of small and medium-sized enterprises were forced to pay hackers following a ransomware attack. Unfortunately, this trend of rising ransomware risk shows no signs of slowing down. Yet, the practice of paying cyber criminals ransom to recover data remains a gray area for regulatory compliance. Organizations can mitigate the…

A Q&A with Matt Barrett, COO of Cyber Engineering Services Incorporated (CyberESI) First introduced in 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) CyberSecurity Framework (CSF) has since become a widely held best practice far beyond the commerce industry. To get some perspective on the framework and how it’s evolved over the past five…

A Q&A with Wyatt Hoffman of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace As cyber-attacks continue to mount, private organizations are ramping up their security activities, and many wonder whether “active cyber defense” is the answer. Of course, what constitutes “active cyber defense” is an emerging debate for international lawmakers and policy makers, says Carnegie Endowment for…

A Q&A with Brian Schaeffer of OceanFirst Bank N.A. It’s a given that cyber attackers will target financial institutions but community banks and credit unions may be more vulnerable, with fewer resources to devote to security and the assumption, among perpetrators, that they’re an easier mark. I spoke to Brian Schaeffer, Chief Information Security Officer…

A Q&A with Jim Leonard of InfoArmor One of the newer and potentially more promising weapons being deployed in the battle for cyber security is machine learning, in which systems can improve themselves based on experience and previous data. We asked Jim Leonard, Director with the Advanced Threat Intelligence unit at InfoArmor for some insight…

A Q&A with David Hylender 2017 marked the tenth year for the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, an invaluable resource for understanding the current landscape in cyber security. This year 65 organizations from around the world reported 1,935 confirmed breaches and 42,068 data loss incidents. I asked David Hylender, senior risk analyst at Verizon Business,…

NetDiligence® Security Advisory – October 17th, 2017 KRACK WPA2 Wi-Fi Exploit Status and Protection Tips This NetDiligence Security Advisory is published for the benefit of our cyber insurance carrier/broker clients and their insureds. We urge clients to take special note of the details included in this Advisory and take preventative/remedial action on a timely basis….