liability

CEOs Will Be Personally Liable for Cyber-Physical Security Incidents by 2024

| | c-suite, CEO, liability, operational technology, Risk-Based Security for Executives, security incidents
Digital attack attempts in industrial environments are on the rise. In February 2020, IBM X-Force reported that it had observed a 2,000% increase in the attempts by threat actors to target Industrial ...
The State of Security
phishing attack

Texas Court Backs Phishing Attack Insurance Claim

| | cyber insurance, Cyberlaw, insurance policy, liability, spear-phishing
Are insurance companies bound to pay claims for phishing attacks resulting in third-party losses? RealPage, a Texas-based company, operated a rent-servicing portal whereby renters could pay their rent and landlords could get ...
Security Boulevard
Bugcrowd

SAFETY Act: A Safety Net for Companies Using ‘Terrorism Certified’ Technologies

| | legislation, liability, SAFETY Act, Terrorism
In the wake of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Congress enacted the SAFETY Act, which, among other things, encouraged the development of new “anti-terrorism” technologies by giving those developers immunity from ...
Security Boulevard