Checking my email today — amid the many “Happy Cyber Security Awareness Month” messages — was a notification from my bank. Like so many other shoppers, my credit card information was obtained “by unauthorized individuals” when I shopped at a…
Sitting next to me on a flight last week, a fellow passenger enthusiastically explained his start-up – a new cyber-cloud, he says. A place for consumers to store their sensitive data, he says. So I had to ask, “What happens…
Recently, my colleagues and I participated in a client’s casualty workshop held in New York City. This particular client was interested in learning more about emerging risks. From 3-D printing and e-cigarettes to data breach claims and concussions – we…
Every day we read of yet another hospital, hotel, restaurant or retailer that has been the latest victim of a cyber attack. According to a new report issued by Ponemon Institute, a full 59% of IT security professionals in Canada…
Last spring, a colleague and I had just wrapped up another day at a joint claims and underwriting audit in Hamilton, Bermuda. As we walked back to our hotel, we wondered aloud as to which emerging risk would next impact…