Is your company at risk for a cyber liability or data loss suit?
If you keep personal, financial information or medical records in paper of digital form you are at risk.  Lost laptops, network security breaches and even paper records thrown into a dumpster are in the news lately and new laws are now in place.
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Any business that holds customer records can become a victim of data theft loss. While certain companies and types of businesses will be more at risk than others, it can happen to any company that holds records of their customer’s transactions or personal details. If your company has a fairly large file of customer records, [...]

Financial Institutions and Creditors:
Finance companies: Red flags rules surrounding finance companies have specific rules. Finance companies are especially vulnerable to identity and data theft. They can easily be targeted by thieves that know there are plenty of financial details for them to get their hands on. Thieves are creatures of opportunity and advance planning. If [...]

Privacy laws help keep customer information secure. Privacy laws were originally designed in the business world as a protocol to follow. This protocol, working towards keeping customer information private and secure, has certain governing rules and regulations. All businesses must follow these rules and regulations and be in full compliance of any laws governing their [...]

If you’re asking yourself this question, the answer may probably be yes. The incidence of new threats on the Internet is on the rise and has been continually high. High enough to warrant that a separate type of insurance be developed, called Cyber Liability Insurance. If you own a Web site that gets a substantial [...]

Cyber crime is a growing problem that has reached unprecedented proportions. What can you do when you can’t see, hear or predict your adversary’s arrival? Running an online business without protection is like swimming up the Amazon alone. Something is going to happen because the water is teeming with peril. Imagine your business as an [...]

The following tips were provided by Lloyds to help businesses manage their cyber risk:
-   Have a formal process in place to update software, firewalls and anti-virus programmes regularly and promptly.
-   Safeguard mobile devices that hold sensitive personal data.  Encryption is a key tool to do this.
-   Safeguard personal information within the workplace, [...]