Cyber insurance stories
Boards are under growing pressure to tackle ransomware and breaches as Aon expands its Australian cyber practice with a seasoned hire.
As cyber claims rise and broker demand grows, the insurer is deepening its Australian push with a newly created local leadership role.
Australian firms face growing cyber gaps as insurers and clients demand evidence of controls beyond the Essential Eight, amid new AI threats.
SMBs in Australia and New Zealand could cut the cost and complexity of cyber certification through a new channel-led package.
Many smaller firms lack the expertise and controls to counter AI-enabled phishing and deepfakes, Sage's research shows.
Small offices and branch sites now get Gen 8 protection as SonicWall expands its firewall range into cloud and hypervisor environments.
Australia is increasingly in cyber criminals' sights as ransomware now reaches systems in minutes, leaving firms far less time to contain damage.
More than half of North American SMBs lack basic email protections, leaving them more exposed to phishing, impersonation and fraud than UK peers.
Businesses may win lower premiums as live security data replaces self-reported forms in a new cyber insurance model for Qualys users.
The offline card is aimed at keeping staff logged in when identity systems fail, after the Stryker breach exposed how outages can halt operations.
Supplier oversight is becoming a bigger cyber priority as one in three Canadian businesses reported an AI-linked incident in the past year.
Most UK businesses using AI are not checking suppliers' systems, even as cyber incidents and revenue losses linked to third parties rise.
Supplier-linked attacks and AI-related incidents are testing cyber defences in Hong Kong and Singapore, despite strong confidence in the technology.
Businesses could see premiums better reflect live security posture as Qualys and Converge replace questionnaires with verified risk data.
Sleep loss and costly cover gaps are leaving most UK small firms exposed, as 77% say they do not understand cyber insurance.
Only 10% of small firms train staff on AI security, leaving many exposed as adoption grows and cyber fears rise.
Only 5% of businesses follow Cyber Essentials, leaving many firms exposed to breaches and looming reporting rules, experts warn.
Customers will now get independent assurance that Nebula Global Services has tested its defences against common cyber threats across its systems.
Insurers say the threat could trigger business interruption, regulatory scrutiny and client claims, as 65% of firms rank cyber-attacks first.
UK firms face automatic certification failures if any cloud account lacks MFA, as the revised scheme also tightens patching deadlines.