SMEs in South Africa and the Impact of Cybercrime
On May 20th 2021, we hosted an event to welcome the launch of our CyberCare service in South Africa and discussed with a leading panel of...
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Rosanna Hayes
- May 21, 2021
Colonial paid the ransom but did this fan or fuel the fire?
This article was published in The Business Anecdote Magazine. Earlier this month we heard about the operator of the Colonial Pipeline...
Rosanna Hayes
- May 12, 2021
The Impact of Cybercrime on SMEs in South Africa
We are pleased to announce our upcoming event, where we will be discussing cybercrime in South Africa to raise awareness over growing...
Rosanna Hayes
- May 5, 2021
We're Hiring a New Senior Digital Investigator!
STORM Guidance is a leading cyber incident response team founded in 2014. Based in the UK with offices in the US and Mauritius, we are...
Rosanna Hayes
- Mar 31, 2021
The UK Under Siege as Double Extortion Ransomware Attacks Soar
The Financial Times have released a warning, declaring the UK has the world’s second-highest number of double extortion ransomware...
Rosanna Hayes
- Mar 13, 2021
The Latest Updates on the Hafnium Nation-State Attacks
On March 2nd, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC) identified zero-day vulnerabilities affecting customers running Exchange...
Rosanna Hayes
- Mar 2, 2021
Reacting to the Hardening Cyber Insurance Market
For the first time since cyber insurance developed into separate stand-alone policies, the market is seeing price increases for this...
Rosanna Hayes
- Feb 24, 2021
QBE Introduce STORM’s 'Attackers Eye View' Service
In a group effort to combat the prevalence of cybercrime and the sharp escalation in ransomware severity, QBE Insurance hosted a webinar...
Rosanna Hayes
- Jan 20, 2021
How to determine the financial exposure and limits of cover needed by private schools
With standalone cyber policies the new norm, brokers are experiencing the pressures of assessing the financial exposure and limits of...
Rosanna Hayes
- Jan 6, 2021
The Catastrophic Effect of Cyber Incidents and ‘Black Swan’ Theory
Cybersecurity is one of the most glaring challenges faced by companies and government today, and yet visibility and public awareness...
Rosanna Hayes
- Dec 17, 2020
The SUNBURST Attack – Biggest Hack for Years
Insurers to set aside funds for claims as systemic risk looks more likely Many of us have already learned of the SUNBURST attack which is...
Rosanna Hayes
- Dec 3, 2020
Calls to Close Cyber Coverage Gaps as Ransomware Payment Penalties Hit
There is no denying the impact COVID-19 has had on the security posture of small and medium businesses since the move to remote working...
Rosanna Hayes
- Nov 26, 2020
A Brokers’ Role in Cyber Risk Management
UK insurance brokers increasingly face a more complicated role in the assessing of business cyber risk and the implementation of...
Rosanna Hayes
- Nov 11, 2020
The Anatomy of an Email Compromise
Business Email Compromise (BEC) is one of the more frequent forms of cybercrime today, with the potential to cost companies millions of...
Rosanna Hayes
- Oct 27, 2020
Selling Cyber Insurance in a Hard Market
It has been almost 20 years since we last saw a true ‘hard market’ for business insurance, and in fact, many of today’s insurance...
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