Topic
Cyber Attacks
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Dewey B Strategic
Wolters Kluwer Malware Update: RBSource and M & A Clause Analytics Back Online Tomorrow At 10 am est.
By Jean O'Grady
Having lived through a cyber-attack in a large organization myself - I am pleasantly surprised to see that Wolters Kluwer Legal and Regulatory has made such speedy progress getting their…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Cyberattack Disrupted Electrical Grid
By Peter Vogel
E&E (Energy & Environment) News reported that “A recent cyber disruption to the U.S. grid involved a “denial of service condition” at a Western utility, according to a Department of…
The Northwest Policyholder
Insurer Invokes “Act of War” Exclusion in Cyber Policy, Risking Growth for Coverage
By Seth Row
The cyber-insurance world is discussing the ins-and-outs of litigation going on between food manufacturing giant Mondelez International and Zurich over coverage for the ten billion dollar NotPetya cyber attack that…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Cyber Readiness Stalls Despite Increased Intensity of Attacks
According to Hiscox’s Third Cyber Readiness Report, which surveyed 5,400 firms in the U.S. and the E.U., cyber threats have “become the unavoidable cost of doing business today.” The Report…
Ride the Lightning
BakerHostetler’s Fifth Annual Data Security Incident Response Report Released
On April 4th, BakerHostetler announced the release of its fifth annual Data Security Incident Response Report providing insights from 750 data breaches and cyberattacks that the firm handled in 2018.…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Closing The Door Behind Your MFA Implementation
By Sean Lawless
I came across an article last week that indicated there was a successful attack on Microsoft’s Office 365 and Google’s G Suite environments that was able to bypass multi-factor authentication…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Financial Industry Getting Hammered with Cyber-Attacks
Cybersecurity company Carbon Black recently issued a report of the results of a survey of chief information security officers (CISOs) of financial organizations, which showed that the financial industry is…
Legal Loudspeaker Blog
Cyber Attacks Costly For Small And Midsize Firms
In 2018 the average cost of a cyber attack for a U.S. company was $7.91 million. According to The Financial Journal, the average cost for a business to recover from…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: War Exclusions and Cyber Attacks
[caption id="attachment_17709" align="alignleft" width="209"] Bill Boeck[/caption] In June 2017, the food company Mondelez International was one of the companies hit by the major global computer malware attack dubbed NotPetya. According…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Cyberrealm Defense – McKinsey Gives Advice About How to Thwart Cyberattacks
By Peter Vogel
McKinsey released a Podcast interview of three McKinsey Cybersecurity experts who said among other things “I think the key insight of the last ten years has been that you can’t…