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Serious Trouble With the National Flood Ins. Program

Recovery Diva

Helene and Milton spotlight a federal flood insurance program drowning in debt. From the WashPost, this opinion piece: As hurricane seasons worsen, taxpayers subsidize people to live in risky areas.

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Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List

Bernstein Crisis Management

Legal and Compliance: For many industries, having a crisis management plan can be a legal or insurance-mandated necessity. Real-World Examples of Effective Crisis Management Cybersecurity Breaches: Equifax and Capital One Equifax faced a massive data breach in 2017.

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Hydr8 Achieves Databricks Brickbuilder Status

Advancing Analytics

Since Hydr8’s inception in 2017 our goal has always been to streamline the implementation of a secure, robust, and scalable Data Lakehouse platform and to expedite extracting value from data for our customers.

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HIPAA penalties every healthcare company needs to know about: Fines, charges, and more

Online Computers

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was created to protect sensitive health information from being disclosed without the patients’ consent. In 2017, Memorial Healthcare System, which operates several healthcare facilities throughout South Florida, was ordered to pay $5.5

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National Weather Disasters Are Becoming More Prevalent And Severe… And Help Is Not Necessarily On The Way

everbridge

These disasters also resulted in the deaths of at least 688 people, the most since 2017. For instance, part of any plan for continuity is insurance. If a Chinese supplier doesn’t have insurance and is wiped out by a weather disaster such as the flooding in the Henan province in 2021 that killed 302 and cost $16.5

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5 Ways to Minimize the Cost of a Ransomware Attack 

Pure Storage

New York’s Erie County Medical Center was hit by a massive ransomware attack in 2017, according to the Buffalo News. Increased insurance premiums (or possible cancellation). Confirm what your cyber insurance covers—and what it doesn’t. Where the Money Goes After a Ransomware Attack. The list goes on. External media relations.

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TSPs: Making the Case to Invest in Risk and Resiliency

Fusion Risk Management

percentage points from January 2017 to January 2022.” Ability to Procure Cyber Insurance. According to an article in Insurance Business America , the cyber insurance market started to harden in 2020 after a surge in ransomware events.