The Cyber Insurance Imperative

CYBER SPRING! Fitch Ratings is reporting some improvement in the marketplace for Cyber Insurance over the past year. In this episode, David discusses what's fueling this progress, and how policyholders should expect to benefit.

STRAIGHT OUTTA WASHINGTON! This week's episode features a special guest. Stephen Vina from the Executive Office of the President speaks to our listeners about the White House's newly announced National Cybersecurity Strategy.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CYBERSECURITY BUDGET. As reported by the insurance media outlet Advisen this past week, financial constraints are what's keeping CISOs up at night. But how do they determine the best use of their spend? In this episode, David discusses a resource that can help guide these decisions, while better positioning companies to qualify for cyber insurance coverage.

The recent leak of source code from a major social media platform has placed the issue of rogue employees back in the spotlight. In this episode, David outlines some steps that tech sector firms and other employers should take to ensure that their offboarding process minimizes the risk of a data breach.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE IN THE SECs CROSS HAIRS AGAIN! Earlier this month, the securities and exchange commission proposed new cyber security requirements for regulated entities. In this episode, David breaks down the proposals, and offers suggestions on how firms can ensure their own cyber readiness.

LAW FIRMS, TAKE NOTE: The recent action filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against a prominent law firm would compel them to release the identities of clients whose information may have been compromised in a cyber attack. In this episode, David discusses the legal and ethical implications, as well as how cyber insurance responds to regulatory proceedings.

Public entities are under attack! The city of Oakland is facing a ransomware event, the latest to impact state and local governments. In this episode, David discusses why government entities seem so vulnerable to cyber incidents, and what they should be doing to better safeguard their networks and data.

THEY'RE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AND THEY'RE HERE TO HELP YOU! Just last week, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the US senate to study ways to improve the information available to small businesses around cyber insurance. In this episode, David questions whether the ultimate solution should come from Washington or from the industry itself.

LIKE GIVING THE BURGLAR THE KEYS TO THE SAFE. A new strain of ransomware encourages victims to turn over information on their cyber insurance policies. In this episode, David explains why this is a bad idea, from both a legal and practical standpoint.

OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE! The healthcare sector has been a prime target for cyber attacks in recent years. However, there are signs that the patient is stabilizing, and may even be staging a rally. In this episode, David discusses the types of claims hospital systems and other health care providers are seeing today, and what they should be doing around incident response planning.