Myth Busting Cyber Claims: There is More Than One Way to Manage a Cyber Claim

Amid the changing cyber-threat landscape, most businesses still believe that lawyers are better equipped to deal with high-stakes and high-stress scenarios involving cyber incident management.

What are the drawbacks of lawyer-led cyber claim project management? Why should companies take a situational approach to cyber claim management instead of following a one-size-fits-all model? Find out in CyberScout’s and Advisen’s free, 6-page paper Myth Busting Cyber Claims: There is more than one way to manage a cyber claim.

This story is an excerpt of the original. The content originally appeared in Advisen Media White Papers.

CyberScout | Advisen Ltd. May 2018. Myth Busting Cyber Claims: There is more than one way to manage a cyber claim [White Paper].

Congress Paying Close Attention to Cyber Risk to Federal Networks, Critical Infrastructure

Both the US House of Representatives and the Senate have held numerous hearings on cyber issues. The general consensus? The federal government must do more to protect data and systems from an increasingly aggressive cyber threat landscape.

Earlier this week, the House Homeland Security Committee met to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to secure federal networks. Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) commented that legislation would soon be drafted to centralize cybersecurity defense within the DHS.?

Erin Ayers, Congress paying close attention to cyber risk to federal networks, critical infrastructure (April 10, 2017), available with subscription at Advisen Cyber Front Page News.

Cyber Vulnerability: Where Do You Stand?

July 2016

Advisen released a white paper featuring the results of a comprehensive cyber study between Advisen and BitSight Technologies focusing on the analysis of the cyber security posture of three industries: Finance and Insurance, Healthcare and Social Assistance, and Public Administration. The study looks into the number of event types by year from 2012 to 2016, the security ratings for cyber insurance by industry, and many other key data.

The free, 17-page paper is sponsored by BitSight Technologies.

A Closer Look at Cyber Events

Numerous reports show that the number of cyber attacks is rapidly growing. According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report, the number of zero-day vulnerabilities discovered more than doubled in 2015, and this year there have been an average of over 4,000 ransomware attacks per day.

Read more and download the white paper here: http://bit.ly/2aBFpOE

Advisen Ltd. (2016). Cyber Vulnerability: Where Do You Stand? [White paper]. Retrieved from http://www.advisenltd.com/2016/07/27/cyber-vulnerability-where-do-you-stand/