Cyber liability insurance for SMBs

Hidden Gaps in Cyber Liability Insurance for SMBs: Why a Policy Isn’t Enough

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The commercial insurance landscape is often slow to change, relying on decades of data to predict future losses. Cyber insurance, however, does not have that luxury. It is a sector in its relative infancy, sprinting to keep pace with a threat…
Cybersecurity as a value driver

Cybersecurity as a Value Driver for Business Leaders

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The Business Problem Cyber incidents aren’t just IT issues—they’re balance-sheet events. Outages, legal spend, missed SLAs, and customer churn compound quickly. Treating cybersecurity as a value driver reframes spend as margin protection…
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Understanding Your Commercial General Liability Insurance Will Absolutely Save Your Business From Financial Ruin

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Most businesses who purchase commercial general liability insurance have little understanding of how it’s structured and what is important. Instead they focus on the amount of limits offered per occurrence and the premium being charged for…

New York Department of Financial Services Warns Businesses Who Use "Instant Quote" Software of Targeted Cyber Attacks

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The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a cybersecurity fraud alert to all of its regulated entities, describing a "systemic and aggressive" campaign to steal consumers' private data. The DFS has reported from several…

Social Engineering:A Growing Cybersecurity Risk

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Social Engineering This past summer we wrote an article about the dangers of social engineering and how to prepare your organization for a socially engineered cyber attack. To reiterate: Social Engineering is the use of fraud to manipulate…
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Email Attachment File Types That Can Potentially Contain Malware

With more departments working remotely, an email from the IT department asking for remote access to your computer isn't an unreasonable find in your inbox. Cybercriminals know this. Malware in the form of an email attachment is the easiest…

Data Privacy Day

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What is Data Privacy Day and why it’s important to your organization? Data Privacy Day is January 28th. First, It honored the signing of convention 108 in 1981, next, it was the first permanent international treaty that is in control of the…
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Risk of a Common Password and Ways to Avoid it (Infographic Inside)

Using a common password leaves your organization at risk for cybercriminals to attack your account. Let’s add password protection as a major component in your organization's cybersecurity plan.  The risk of a common password is tremendous,…
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Buying Cyber Insurance Does Not Protect Your Organization From Hackers

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Understand that purchasing Cyber Insurance does not protect your organization from hacking. It simply finances some, not all components of the loss. A recent report by cybersecurity company Barracuda reported that Google-branded Spear Phishing…