It’s potentially the most important change in our communications infrastructure. Delivering massive changes to the way we will lead our lives and our dependency on communications, technology and data. We’re going to protect all this by strengthening our controls to…
The US Congress continues it’s drive on cyber to remediate the impact of cyber-attacks on US power networks. With continued discussion on geopolitical cyber, the cyber capabilities of specific countries and the risk of cyber on the US power networks.…
Cyber attacks are a curious thing, a little different to other the run of the mill non-financial risks. Brand and reputational damage will take a long time to tarnish, especially when we are arguably at the beginning of the cyber…
Alan Turing the pioneer of code breaking and computer science is named as the face of the £50 note. I personally believe due to his efforts and those of his team, a significant reason the 2nd World War came to…
If you are going to kick to the hornets next, you may have to be prepared to get stung once or twice. But with the stakes so high, could a sting send you into anaphylactic shock, requiring more than an…
Depending upon how you view the situation the regulatory environment is showing signs of improvement globally. For GDPR it was always going to be a question of who will be first over the line to set the target for everyone…
This weeks judgement by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Premera’s data breach, records an actual legal cost of $84Mn. On-par with Marriott and BA. US health insurer Premera Blue Cross has agreed to pay US states $10Mn to…
There have been a few notable cyber related examples where investors have been let down. The Verizon acquisition of Yahoo wrote the deal down by $350Mn, due to the Yahoo data leak. Marriott’s shareholders face a potential ICO fine of…
This is one to watch. With the ECJ hearing testimony on Facebook and its protection of data belonging to EU citizens and from intervention by US security agencies. With the ICO issuing fines on data breaches this week and data…
Lloyd’s of London has called for clarity on cyber insurance policies from insurance and re-insurance providers. To make it clear whether policies will pay-out or not in the event of a cyber-attack. Saying that it was in the interest of…
