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CrowdStrike: Lessons on the Importance of Contracts, Insurance and Business Continuity

IT Governance BC

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. Then there’s insurance. of its share price.

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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

Sextortion scams surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with attackers sending emails claiming to have hacked webcams or email accounts, demanding Bitcoin to delete the alleged footage. Also, cyber insurance premiums have risen dramatically as insurers face increasing claims, further straining budgets.

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Impact tolerance in operational resilience: A guide for businesses  

everbridge

Operational resilience has become a defining priority for organizations in sectors like finance and insurance, especially in the UK and Europe. Organizations with robust resilience frameworks, including impact tolerance thresholds, not only reduce the frequency of incidents but also mitigate their cost. million in 2024.

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PREPARING COASTAL BUSINESSES FOR THE BIG 3 - #2 EARTHQUAKES

CCEM Strategies

According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada , over 60% of British Columbians live in a region where some of the largest earthquakes in the world occur. What can you do to mitigate hazards? Earthquakes don’t care about pandemics, but you and your business should. Does the building have brick façade?

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Risk Assessment vs Risk Analysis

Reciprocity

Risk can be affected by numerous external factors, including natural disasters, global pandemics, raw material prices, increased levels of competition, or changes to current government regulations. A risk analysis is conducted for each identified risk, and security controls are pinpointed to mitigate or avoid these threats.

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Why A Business Continuity Plan Is Essential To Your Business

everbridge

When any of us own a large purchase or investment, we protect that investment with insurance. Our logic when choosing insurance is that the cost of the insurance is justifiable based on the potential loss we would incur should the worse case scenario happen. Be it a house, car, boat, our health and even our lives.

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Cyberrisk Management Tips for Businesses Amid the Russia-Ukraine War

Risk Management Monitor

Cyber insurance firm Coalition has put together a guide to basic cybersecurity measures to help organizations—policyholders and otherwise—proactively manage cyberrisk and reduce the likelihood of a cybersecurity incident. and “How can we still work without any technology support?”. Check it out here: [link].