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What the Schnucks Judgment Means for Insurers
By Eduard Goodman Schnucks, the grocery chain based in the Midwest, is mostly off the hook for a data breach that hit 2.4 million customers a few years back. But the case still provides an object...
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What You Need to Know About Canada’s New Data Breach Law
By Eduard Goodman After years and several failed attempts, the Canadian government has successfully passed a federal data breach notification requirement. The Digital Privacy Act, which received Royal...
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Educational Software and Privacy in the Classroom: What You Need to Know
By Eduard Goodman Educational software platforms are becoming more common in the classroom, raising privacy issues about the data they collect on children.The market for educational software and...
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When Mother Doesn't Know Best: Family Fraud Hits Daughter Hard
Dealing with identity theft is bad enough when you don’t know the perpetrator, but imagine if the criminal turned out to be a trusted family member.Imagine if the criminal were your mom.That’s what...
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Don’t Make These Mistakes When Choosing a Cyber Claims Provider
By Joe SalpietroBusinesses are becoming more interested in cyber coverage as they face mounting risks to their data security. But finding the right carrier and product can be challenging. Here are four...
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Ask the Expert: 'We Are Losing the Game' Against Cyber Threats
The cyber security industry faced steep challenges in 2015, and the battle against hackers and other threats to corporate data looks bleak, according to Natalya Kaspersky, co-founder of Kaspersky Lab....
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Ask the Expert: Data Is a Valuable Asset Companies Must Protect
There's a steep price to pay for all those empowering free online services, such as web searches and email: It's your privacy. Every move you make online is routinely logged, stored and data-mined by...
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Identity Theft and Data Security Trends to Watch in 2016
By Byron Acohido Will cyber exposures subside in the new year? Highly unlikely, according to data security and privacy experts.Trends to expect: an increase in tax and child identity theft, wire...
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4 Reasons Why Cyber Claims Are Denied
By Joe Salpietro Helping clients get the most out of their cyber coverage means making sure they get their claims covered when a breach or security event occurs. By understanding the most common...
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Companies in All Industries Are Losing Patient Health Data
By Rodika TollefsonEach time a Community Health Systems or an Anthem or a Premera Blue Cross gets hacked, sensitive patient records flood into the cyber underground. But cyber thieves are by no means...
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Keep Employee Trust After a Breach
By Matt Cullina Employee trust is slow to build but quick to lose, especially after a data breach. Morale may dip as employees watch their workplace become the subject of scrutiny and scorn in the...
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SMBs Better Get Ready for More Ransomware Attacks
By Byron AcohidoIn a ransomware attack, victims are prevented or limited from accessing their systems. Cyber criminals attempt to extort money by first using malware to encrypt the contents of a...
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4 Ways to Protect Your Business Data in the Cloud
By Eduard Goodman More companies are using the cloud for storage, software and even infrastructure services. This growing trend has changed the way businesses handle data—and, unfortunately, it also...
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Spear Phishing Gets Sophisticated, Targets CEOs
By Gary Stoller Spear phishers continue to pierce even well-defended networks, causing grave financial wounds. Spear phishers lure a specific individual to click on a viral email attachment or to...
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Cyber Criminals Target Social Media, Apps for Phishing Attacks
By Jaikumar VijayanPhishers have begun leveraging the trust people have in popular social media and cloud collaboration websites to trick people into downloading malware or parting with sensitive...
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4 Things You Should Know About the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
By Byron AcohidoAmerican whistle-blower Edward Snowden and Austrian citizen Maximilian Schrems are happenstance collaborators who together forced the United States and Europe to formally address an...
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SMBs Take a Step Back with Breach Defense
By Evan SchumanDespite rising cyber exposures and intensifying attacks, small and midsize businesses actually may be regressing when it comes to defending their networks.That startling finding comes...
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IRS Fights Fraud, Slows Tax Refunds
By Rodika TollefsonThe Internal Revenue Service is taking up to 21 days to review tax returns, according to research from fraud prevention vendor iovation, a clear sign that Uncle Sam has stepped up...
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Why Business Email Compromise is Skyrocketing
By Byron AcohidoIt is a devastatingly effective form of spear phishing that the FBI refers to as “business email compromise,” or a BEC attack.Also known as “whaling” and “CEO fraud,” BEC attacks carry...
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Cyber Liability Insurance is the 'Wild, Wild West'
By Byron Acohido A convergence between the cyber insurance and tech security sectors is fast gaining momentum. If this trend accelerates, it could help commercial cyber liability policies arise as a...
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