Cyber Risk & Data Breach are rapidly emerging threats for organizations of all sizes. As businesses adopt technologies to optimize production and deliver services, there is often an increase in online business risks.
There is growing acceptance that cyber incursions are inevitable. Bad actors develop new weapons and exploit new vulnerabilities as quickly as cyber professionals develop defenses.
Insurance policies have been emerging to help you recover. Many insurance brokers feel that selling a cyber insurance policy is the only solution.
is your ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyberattacks while continuing to operate effectively.
The Thor team partners with an array of cyber prevention, training and remediation teams.
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Many of us believe we can identify phishing emails or phone calls, so why do they continue to occur and escalate in severity for all sizes and types of organizations?
The bad guys continue to become more sophisticated and like any profit based venture, they continually evolve. Remember when you saw your first phishing email, it stood out like a sore thumb because it was badly assembled, had spelling mistakes and just didn’t look right. Those were growing pains, today’s attacks are sophisticated and relentless.
We know you have an insurance broker. Let’s talk about protecting your organization from a debilitating cyber attack.
A cyber attack is an attempt to disable computers, steal data or use a breached computer to launch additional attacks. Some of the most common types of cyber attacks include
Together with reputational harm, downtime, stolen funds, and other costs, a cyber attack can have devastating financial consequences.
A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure, private, or confidential information into an untrusted environment. A data breach does not have to be electronic and can include loss or theft of paper documents.
Unintentional data breaches include lost or left behind unencrypted laptops, smartphones, or paper records. Intentional data breaches can include theft of devices or documents, phishing or malware.
Alberta and most jurisdictions have legislation that makes YOU responsible for lost or stolen data that can identify your employees, customers, and other individuals or organizations.
The cost of a data breach can be estimated by the cost of each record or personally identifiable information (PII) affected by a breach. Current cost estimates of a data breach per record are estimated at
Consequences of a data breach can include financial loss, reputational damage, downtime, legal action, and loss of sensitive data.
Although a strong insurance policy can help your business recover from a cyber attack or data breach, the best solution is avoidance, don’t allow a cyber incident to successfully attack your business. Claims and lack of proper risk control measures are the largest drivers of insurance cost increases.
The only way to differentiate your business in this space is to become ‘best in class’ at managing your risk. Insurance policies become contingency plans and actively managing your risk is a primary activity. Every insurance solution has a complimenting risk control activity.
As Cyber threats are rapidly emerging, so too are the solutions to combat and avoid them.
90% of cyber-attacks come via email. Ongoing staff training is one of the most effective mitigation tools in preventing cyber attacks and data breaches. We work with organizations providing cost-effective training for staff. Our cyber insurance solutions bundle 24/7 monitoring, employee training, and security services to prevent cyber attacks.
Many insurance policies now provide low-cost or free cyber insurance add-ons. Don’t rely on small throw-ins, you get what you pay for. If your cyber insurance does not specifically contain the following elements, you do not have a robust cyber insurance solution.
A. 1st Party (you) Event Response
B. Cyber Crime
C. 3rd Party (others) Security and Privacy – costs of defense and damages if one of your clients or vendors files a lawsuit resulting from a failure in your security, a data breach, or a privacy violation,
Once an incursion has occurred, time is of the essence. Reporting attacks or breaches quickly can mitigate the loss, so much so that many Cyber insurance providers will waive deductibles for claims reported within a short time frame.
Robust Cyber insurance solutions go far beyond sending you a claim cheque and wishing you well. The strongest providers start doing what they do best once you have been attacked and it is not uncommon to mitigate a cyber event by recovering funds or remediating damage before the trail goes cold.
Thor Insurance and Financial is a locally owned Northern Alberta insurance and benefits brokerage with roots going back to 1979. Our management team has over 100 years of commercial insurance experience, which we leverage to serve our commercial and industrial clients … Local Access, Global Reach.
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