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Cyber ransom seen as top IT threat

Cyber ransom is now seen as the top threat to IT systems, according to a recent survey by Advisen among cyber insurance… More

6 November 2020

Banks must do better on their management of critical ICT risks, according to a comprehensive survey by the European Central Bank. The results are likely to be replicated in other organisations as… More

While the electricity industry thoroughly addressed security risks in order to protect critical infrastructure and ensure continuity and quality of power supply, the new era of automation brings additional cyber risks. according… More

Over 16,000 coronavirus-related domains have been registered since January 2020, which are 50% more likely to be fraudulent than other domain registrations, according to research by Accenture iDefense. With many business remote… More

Risk managers have voted cyber threats as the top danger their organisations face in the 2020 Allianz Risk Barometer. This year’s poll saw 39% of the 2,700 participants choosing cyber-risk as their… More

Climate threats dominate the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) long-term risk outlook in its Global risks report 2020 for the first time in its history. They also comprise three of the five most… More

The UK government has launched a call for evidence to better understand the barriers facing organisations attempting to integrate cybersecurity within operational risk management. Using resources like cyberlaw services from companies like… More

A quantum computer at Google’s lab spent 200 seconds completing a series of calculations that would have taken the world’s most powerful supercomputer an estimated 10,000 years to work out, the company… More

While most businesses are well aware of the risk of cyberattack too few deal with the cyber risk education gap in their enterprises, according to the Chubb Cyber Risk Survey 2019. The… More

Members of the so-called C-suite – executives such as chief risk officer, chief finance officer, and so on – were twelve times more likely to be the target of social cyberattack incidents… More