Technology Errors & Omissions Insurance in Action: a $17 Million E&O Claim
The Republic recently reported on an IT lawsuit that could cost one tech company more than $17 million. A North Dakota insurance agency filed a lawsuit against Aon eSolutions, a Chicago IT vendor that...
View ArticleClient Education: Best Ways to Invite a Data Breach
A Business News Daily article profiles the problems IT professionals face when trying to find efficient and safe file-sharing solutions for their customers. As it points out, finding an IT solution is...
View ArticleOpenSSL Made Less Than a Part-Time Fast Food Worker
If there's an upside to the whole Heartbleed debacle, it's that the media drew attention to an incredible disparity: the group that works on OpenSSL gets less than $2,000 dollars a year to maintain the...
View ArticleHow You Should Deal with Heartbleed
In a jaw-dropping report on PCMagazine published less than a week ago, security analysts at Google and Codenomicon revealed that there is a major bug (aka the “Heartbleed” bug) in OpenSSL, which is a...
View ArticleNew Security Flaws in Oracle Products Prove IT Contractors Are Always at Risk
According to an article on Kaspersky’s Threatpost.com, security researchers became upset with Oracle's slow efforts to update major security flaws in its Java cloud services and decided to publicly...
View ArticlePersonal Data Theft Up 82% in the Last 6 Months
According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January, nearly one in five Americans reported that they have had private information (such as such as social security and credit card numbers)...
View ArticleIBM’s Newest Services Reflect Data Security Fears
A recent TechCrunch article details how IBM is shaking things up in the cloud-security world by offering a way for its clients to be more involved in their security and expanding data backup.Many...
View Article33% of Businesses Don’t Consult with IT about Their Cyber Insurance Needs
In the aftermath of the Target data breach and OpenSSL Heartbleed security flaw, many clients will want their IT consultants to make sure their data is protected. However, according to research from...
View ArticleStudy: You Can Probably Talk Your Clients into Buying Cyber Liability Insurance
A new study from the Ponemon Institute shows that many companies are ready to invest in a Cyber Liability Insurance policy, but may need a push from their IT consultants. According to the research, 39...
View ArticleGood News: Data Breach Insurance Is Going Mainstream
CNBC reports that from 2012 to 2013, there was a 20 percent increase in businesses investing in Cyber Liability Insurance (aka “Data Breach Insurance” or “Cyber Risk Insurance”). The reasons for this...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins Researchers: The Cloud Isn’t Safe Yet!
ScienceDaily reports that a new study from Johns Hopkins University should have IT professionals worried about cloud security. Researchers found that the methodologies that common cloud storage...
View ArticleThese 9 Mistakes Cause 94% of Data Breaches
Every year, Verizon performs an exhaustive study of the last 12 months of data breaches, looking for trends and patterns that will help data security professionals better protect their clients' data....
View Article2014 Cost of a Data Breach: 15% Higher
This time of year is an important one for data security research. Verizon publishes its review of the past year's data breaches, and the Ponemon Institute, a tech research organization, publishes its...
View ArticleTechnology Errors & Omissions Insurance in Action: a $17 Million E&O Claim
The Republic recently reported on an IT lawsuit that could cost one tech company more than $17 million. A North Dakota insurance agency filed a lawsuit against Aon eSolutions, a Chicago IT vendor that...
View ArticleClient Education: Best Ways to Invite a Data Breach
A Business News Daily article profiles the problems IT professionals face when trying to find efficient and safe file-sharing solutions for their customers. As it points out, finding an IT solution is...
View ArticleOpenSSL Made Less Than a Part-Time Fast Food Worker
If there's an upside to the whole Heartbleed debacle, it's that the media drew attention to an incredible disparity: the group that works on OpenSSL gets less than $2,000 dollars a year to maintain the...
View ArticleGood News for Your Clients: Cyber Coverage Is Expanding
Insurance Journal reports that some insurers are beefing up their Cyber Liability Insurance in order to offer coverage for physical damage and injuries caused by cyber attacks.The news is important...
View ArticleU.S. Government: Watch Out for Chinese Hackers and Data Thieves
You've probably heard a few news stories about hackers who work for the Chinese government and steal intellectual property from US firms. And you've probably wondered whether or not you should take...
View ArticleApple Award for IP Patents Carves Out More IT Case Law
Lawsuits are something no one likes talking about. They can happen to any business and are hard to plan for. But because people don't talk much about them, there's a lot of confusion about what a...
View ArticleDon’t Forget to Floss Your Passwords: “Cyber Hygiene” Is the Latest in Data...
The former head of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff knows a thing or two about security. So when he says that cyber attacks are occurring at "unprecedented" levels, our ears perk up.In a recent...
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