Business interruption due to a breach is top cyber risk concern, according to Aon’s 2016 Captive Cyber Survey Report.

Enterprises need to identify holes and implement proper plugs prior to investing in cyber liability insurance.

Data breach fatigue can harm businesses if it influences their response process and causes them to take the issue less seriously.

Fifty percent of drivers surveyed across the UK and Germany by Veracode and IDC are concerned about the security of connected cars’ driver-aid applications such as adaptive cruise control, self-parking and collision avoidance systems, reflecting an equal level of concern with the safety of the whole vehicle.

Coalfire announced the expansion of its Cyber Risk Advisory services that are designed to assist enterprises as they guard against data breaches and improve their governance programs.

A new survey found that 45 percent of cyber security professionals believe their board of directors have a major gap in their understanding of cyber risk, or simply don't understand the risk at all.
 

Starting last August, we began the current series of articles to provide our readers with a deep dive into the NIST Framework and its approach to Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond to and Recover from cybersecurity incidents.

Placed within the Identify function of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a category called Risk Assessment.

In the 2015 Anthem data breach, the compromise of an adminstrator’s credentials was the initial entry point that caused the breach and exposure of 13.5 million patient records. High-profile, high-impact breaches like this are spurring healthcare enterprises to institute more cybersecurity defenses and to monitor the insider threat.

The 2015 RSA Conference provides security professionals access to myriad keynotes, educational sessions and solutions for today’s cybersecurity risks. Whether you’re headed to San Francisco for the conference April 20-24 or you’re observing cybersecurity trends from your office, here is a sampling of some of the trends, products and services showcased at this year’s event.