BitSight is only working with seven out of the 10 largest insurers, but the majority of insurers that
write cyber policies still assess a customer's risk by asking customers to fill out questionnaires about what types of data a company handles and its security protocols.
Not exact matches
But that long history of data on past catastrophes does not exist in the
cyber insurance
policy world, says Stephen Boyer, the CTO and co-founder of risk - rating company BitSight, a company that assesses company risk for
cyber policies written by AIG, Travelers, and others.
The Soufan Group, a strategic security firm that specializes in intelligence, law enforcement, and
policy analysis,
wrote earlier this year that while the targets of intelligence agencies and
cyber criminal networks «are usually very different,» Russia has «increasingly blurred the lines between
cyber-espionage and
cyber crime in an unprecedented manner.»
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Furthermore, only three in ten had
written cyber security
policies and only one in ten had formal incident management processes in place.
Travis Fisher, a Trump political appointee in the Department of Energy,
wrote a 2015 report for the Institute for Energy Research that called clean energy
policies «the single greatest emerging threat» to the nation's electric power grid, and a greater threat to electric reliability than
cyber attacks, terrorism or extreme weather.
Written policies that clearly establish guidelines and requirements governing the acceptable use of firm technology can help reduce
cyber exposures and give staff clear direction on what they are permitted and not permitted to do with law firm technology resources.
Written policies that clearly establish guidelines and requirements governing the acceptable use of firm technology can help reduce
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Dublin About Blog In general, I
write here about private law, free speech, and
cyber law; and, in particular, I
write about Irish law and education
policy.
Dublin About Blog In general, I
write here about private law, free speech, and
cyber law; and, in particular, I
write about Irish law and education
policy.