by Kelli Young | Jun 7, 2021 | Business Insurance, Cyber Liability Insurance
Many businesses have been forced to pivot to remote work environments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, this change may have increased exposure potential for remote desktop protocol (RDP) attacks. When global lockdowns were initiated in early 2020,...
by Kelli Young | May 26, 2021 | Business Insurance, Cyber Liability Insurance
Deepfakes Explained A deepfakes cyberthreat refers to sophisticated forgeries of an image, video or audio recording. Deepfakes have been around for years—you can even find a version of them in social media applications. For instance, with Snapchat, face-changing...
by Kelli Young | May 17, 2021 | Business Insurance, Cyber Liability Insurance
On Friday, May 7, 2021 the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack forced the shutdown of a major gas pipeline in the U.S. that supplies 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast. Colonial Pipeline proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which...
by Kelli Young | Oct 27, 2020 | Consumer Tips, Cyber Liability Insurance
Whether your business is a Fortune 500 company or a one-man show, data security needs to be a top priority. Small and medium-sized businesses are becoming more frequent victims of data breaches, whether through their own negligence or the efforts of a malicious...
by Kelli Young | Oct 21, 2020 | Consumer Tips, Cyber Liability Insurance
Allowing employees to work remotely from home or other off-site locations can increase productivity for workers, reduce costs for the company and create beneficial flexibility to keep operations going if something happened to your business’s primary physical location....
by Kelli Young | Oct 12, 2020 | Cyber Liability Insurance
Business operations in the technology industry revolve around the functionality of computers, network connections and the Internet. It’s no secret that computer use comes with many risks, including damaging viruses, hackers, the illegal use of your system to attack...