Cyber & Technology
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Ferma survey suggests lack of ERM to meet cyber threats
Information security and privacy is a growing concern for the vast majority of European companies yet less than half have…
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Germany’s €50bn cyber cost necessitates specialist cover says broker
Germany's internal secret service Verfassungsschutz's estimate that cyber attacks cost the country €50bn annually should come as a concern to…
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Munich Re enters partnership with Microsoft to meet cloud computing risk
Munich Re has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft to find answers to cyber risks resulting from use of…
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Cyber security not taken seriously warns UK government secretary
Organisations are failing to treat cyber security as seriously as physical security, delegates at the Institute of Risk Management's Risk…
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Cyber risk—A ‘market’ in need of codification—comment
One big theme to emerge from this year’s Risk Frontiers survey that is published with this issue is that cyber…
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Internal assurance and cross-organisational cooperation key to cyber risk management
The 2012 EuroCACS Information Security Risk Management conference, organised by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (Isaca) and held…
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Risk managers welcome UK government cyber security guide
The UK government’s decision to issue a 10 point guide to cyber security aimed at top level executives at the…
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12% of UK workforce has lost work data over the past year finds survey
In worrying news for risk managers trying to fight the battle against cyber risk, 3.1 million, or 12%, of the…
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24-hour data breach notification proposals still up in the air says EC man
Nicolas Dubois, Directorate-General Justice Unit (JUST) at the European Commission, told delegates at CRE's Risk Frontiers-Cyber Risks seminar yesterday that…
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Data protection changes will herald sea change in cyber insurance adoption-Marsh
The new EU Privacy Directive will be a 'game changer' for the adoption of cyber insurance in Europe, according to…
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UK’s new Cyber Security Institute meets warm approval
The UK government's new Cyber Security Institute that plans to improve understanding of the science behind the growing cyber security…
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Cyber and reputation top dutch risk register–Netherlands
Cyber and reputational risk and the ability of the insurance market to come up with workable and affordable solutions have…
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Cyber raises fundamental questions about role of risk management–Italy
Cyber risk has been a hot topic in this year’s Risk Frontiers survey and risk managers all over Europe are…
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Cyber is strategic risk that needs better management says UK government in new guidance
In a move that can only help risk managers in their fight against cyber risk the UK government and its…
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Electronic eavesdropping threat underestimated by risk managers
Risk managers are underestimating the risk posed to their business by electronic eavesdropping and are failing to include audio-based data…
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Ferma-backed study attempts to shed light on security and privacy risk
Zurich, in association with The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma), has launched a comprehensive study into security and…
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Report rails against inflated costs of cybercrime protection
Companies are in danger of spending more money on protecting themselves against cybercrime than they are ever likely to incur…
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IT association paper warns of hidden cost when migrating to the cloud
Migration to cloud computing is high on the agenda of many organisations, but according to a new paper by the…
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Transparency and teamwork–comment
The thought-provoking report from the European Network and Information SecurityAgency (ENISA) published at the start of this month and featured…
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Companies struggling with consumerisation of IT
Employees are often described as a company’s greatest asset. But they can also represent the greatest risk, particularly when it…