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Plan Well In Advance It’s like planning for a funeral well in advance: No one likes doing it and few of us are motivated to get it in writing until we become incapacitated. By then, we don’t hold the pen – someone else does who is “in control” – and our plan may or may… Continue reading You and Your Company … the Next Target?

Be prepared: The information you are about to read may change your view of cyber security forever. Have you just about had enough? I’m not talking about the current political environment, nor the pandemic that has rocked our economy in 2020. I’m talking about the war cybercriminals are raging across the planet, hitting home-grown businesses while they… Continue reading Fierce Cybersecurity, Gentle Pricing

After reading a recent article about cyber security liability coverage and what losses are or are not covered (refer Ice Miller Legal Counsel, Q2/20), I spent a week searching for cases where the interface between insurance companies and the judicial system was as convoluted as in the case of G&G Oil Company of Indiana (2017).… Continue reading Adjust Your Liability Insurance to Include Cyber Extortion Coverage

Know What You’re Up Against : Malware Cheat Sheet If you’re not in the business of outsmarting cyber-crime, you may be unaware of how dire the situation is with criminals developing new technological weapons to seize, modify, destroy, or leak proprietary data. Here’s a cheat sheet so you can better understand how hackers trick unsuspecting… Continue reading Malware Cheat Sheet

Hackers Gain Access To Confidential Information On the morning of August 27, Las Vegas’ Clark County School District (CCSD) made a public statement that certain of their computer systems had become infected with a virus that denied them access to specific files. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that hackers published documents containing Social Security… Continue reading Hacker Releases Confidential Information After School District Refuses Ransom Demands