Cyber Risk

Are the issues with Swift, following on from the Bangladesh bank heist, bigger than first thought? View Original Post

The devil is going to be in the detail on cyber insurance. Each policy may have to be taken on its merits and you may not know what will be covered until you have a breech and claim. In my…

Is Zurich now moving into the CERT market? It does make sense, its a bit like your insurance company mandating who fixes your car after a bump. Keeps the costs down and goes part way to ensuring that the issues…

The information security professionals (CESG) of the security services agrees that information security should be risk based and that a companies controls environment should be proportional to its risks. View Original Post

Putting the board on notice that they are responsible for cyber. If enacted will it place the right level of focus on the subject? View Original Post

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I have to agree, I’m not convinced that you can transfer cyber risk through cyber insurance. The very systemic nature of the risk, its breadth and depth of impact and complexity of risk mitigation, in my view, gives plenty of…

The CISO’s role is a difficult one, you cannot be everything to everyone. The C suite has a role to play and they need to be communicated to, take responsibility and accountability for security related risks. The CISO should support…

Never forget that your threat vectors could be as broad as the amount of data you share with others. Your IP could be at risk if your supply chain isn’t securing it as well as you think. View Original Post…

Will a balanced score card or flight deck be big enough to be able to visualize the breadth of Cyber risks. A good quality ISMS can include internal security risks relating to IT, Legal, HR, facilities risks external threat analytics…