The UK is a world leader in tackling
cyber attacks but we must make sure we continue to develop the talent we need to protect the public and business online.
In yet another
cyber announcement, Markel International, the specialist insurer and subsidiary of Markel Corp., has appointed Chris Burgess to head its
cyber team in London.
Larger businesses placed a higher priority on
cyber risks (8 percent), but small businesses were marginally (5 percent) less concerned or aware of such security risks.
"Underwriting
cyber has become a major challenge for many insurers trying to make informed decisions about a risk that can be hard to evaluate," said Prashant Pai, vice president of
cyber solutions at Verisk, in a company press release.
Jobs requesting public cloud security skills remain open 79 days on average-longer than almost any other IT skill, according to
Cyber Seek.
The SECP has explained that
cyber risk means "any risks that emanate from the use of electronic data and its transmission, including technology tools such as the internet and telecommunications networks."
Cyber Partners is an Italian
cyber security consultancy firm.
The increase in
cyber crime in Nigeria can be attributed to lack of policy direction and leadership by the government to combat the scourge.
Broadly, threat of
cyber interventions can be categorized into two types; exploitation of computer networks and attacks on computer networks.
The
cyber security experts revealed that
cyber crime cases mostly involve creation of parallel emails, websites, uploading of data of exporters on fake/parallel websites after stealing this data from Sialkot exporters' original websites, hacking of emails by unknown hackers and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, British Pounds, Euroes and rupees from accounts of exporters, causing them great financial losses.
"The future fight requires a fully integrated
Cyber and Electromagnetic Activity, commonly known as CEMA, capability.
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Cyber events are a growing threat to businesses of every size," said Annamaria Landaverde, vice president and head of
cyber for the US Reinsurance Division, Munich Re.
During a meeting with Executive Director of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) Parthapratim Deb, director of GCSCC Professor Michael Goldsmith said the
Cyber Security Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM) developed by the GCSCC has been deployed more than 60 countries of the world to develop an effective
cyber security strategy that has helped mitigate the fast growing
cyber threats, reports BSS.
"The Canadian military and defence-industrial sector continue to be attractive targets for
cyber espionage," Christopher Porter, FireEye's chief intelligence strategist, told CDR.
X-Analytics Study Also Reveals Customers' Inability to Quantify
Cyber Risk.
