Beware the insider threat
September 3, 2015
With more and more breaches making the headlines, risk management and security professionals are bracing themselves to face not only increasingly sophisticated attacks, but more rigorous scrutiny on their controls and measures. However, cyber crime…
IIG hosts Business Interruption
September 3, 2015
The Insurance Institute of Gauteng held a premium education event on Business Interruption. The session aimed at providing an insights into the Business Interruption cover from a special risk perspective
Cyber risk management, insuring residual risk
September 3, 2015
The threat landscape presented by cybercrime should not be underestimated. Organisations are facing a vast array of internal and external threats. As per NetDiligence’s
Cybercrime is everywhere but not cyber insurance
September 2, 2015
Thanks to the nature of the internet, the origins of cybercrime can’t be pinned down to any one location and nor can perpetrators be readily identified or prosecuted
Getting into security shape
September 2, 2015
Up until now, security has been mostly a catch-up game. A vulnerability is discovered, a patch is issued and applied, and so on and so forth. However, as with all catch-up games, it will inevitably…
Cyber-attacks are big scoop and big money
September 1, 2015
In markets across the globe, cyber incidents make headlines. The data breach at super market chain Target in the US, where 40 million card accounts were stolen
The advent of cyber risk insurance can no longer remain the preserve of specialist insurance companies, it has to be something that every forward looking member of the industry is taking seriously. This is because…
With companies around the world and in South Africa increasingly dependent on IT and telecoms systems for their operations, cyber-attacks are becoming an ever greater threat. South Africa has unfortunately become a hotspot for cyber…
