I recently participated as a panelist for CLE for the NY Bar Association and in that discussion which focused on Cyber Security a few ideas came up that I thought were worth sharing with our clients. The first is that if your company has cyber insurance – that’s great – But I recommend taking the … Read More
Protecting Your Small Business From Ransomware A report just out by BrightCloud has some interesting statistics regarding all types of digital threats, but I wanted to review a section of the report on Ransomware since this is the most prevalent and dangerous threat to the firms we work with – small and medium-sized businesses What … Read More
Have you been thinking of buying cyber insurance? Not sure what’s covered? Does your insurance agent make it sound important, but you don’t think it really applies to your business? Then our Cyber Insurance 101 discussion will help. If those questions sound like they may apply to you, then this video is for you. I’m … Read More
What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a form of a cyber-attack usually launched through an email phishing scheme where an employee or user on your network clicks a link or opens a file that contains a malicious code that attacks or seizes that user’s computer and then worms its way through your network seizing all the … Read More
I get this question a lot from small business owners and I get it. You’re used to spending a certain amount on business insurance every year, and to increase that by, say, $2,500 or more to buy cyber insurance may be a big lift. So, let me take a minute and explain why most small … Read More
Colonial Pipeline Cyber Risk: How a cyber attack can go from bad to worse. Well, that didn’t take long. The cyber-attack that hit Colonial Pipeline has now resulted in a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia about 10 days after the ransomware attack first hit Colonial. This post is not intended to … Read More
Welcome to our multi-part video series on cyber insurance for small businesses. My goal is to educate business owners on cyber risk and cyber insurance. What’s driving me is the statistic that less than 30% of business owners in the small and medium-sized market are actually purchasing cyber coverage today. Yet, in the corporate world, it’s … Read More
In this article, we discuss some of the common cyber insurance myths or misconceptions that small and medium sized business owners have about cyber. If I seem to be passionate about this subject, it’s because such a small percentage of decision makers in the SME market are buying cyber. I can’t figure out why the … Read More
Microsoft had announced a while ago that it was ending its support for Windows 7 operating systems and Server 2008/R2 systems. What this means is that the platforms will continue to work, but Microsoft will not support the systems or offer patches or updates. An unpatched machine, of course, is a vulnerable machine since known … Read More
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