All Malicious Attacks articles
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Analysis
Key risk management lessons from the top ten cyber attacks in 2023
Nation-state attacks, ransomware, and data breaches feature among the most catastrophic cyber incidents in 2023. Here are the lessons that risk professionals must learn to protect their businesses
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Analysis
The average bot attack costs a company $85.6m - here’s how to defend yourself
New research reveals bot attacks cost companies the equivalent of over 50 ransomware payouts every year while remaining undetected for four months. Here’s how to protect your business
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Opinion
Tackling the risks of double extortion ransomware
Double extortion ransomware is on the rise, and risk managers should be worried. Chris Harris, EMEA technical associate vice president, data security at Thales, explores how to manage and mitigate these emerging threats
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Opinion
How risk managers can best protect supply chains from cyberattacks
Risk managers must look beyond their own networks to ensure cyber resilience throughout their supply chain. Dirk Schrader, VP of security research at Netwrix explains how.
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Opinion
How to achieve cyber resilience through increased security vendor accountability
It’s time for risk managers to hold cybersecurity vendors to account, says Richard Hollis, CEO of Risk Crew
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Analysis
How TMT companies can manage cyber, business interruption and infrastructure risks
Cyber incidents, business interruption and critical infrastructure failures rank as the top risks for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) companies, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer
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Analysis
Why the global energy storage market must be wary of ‘invisible’ cyber risks
Risk managers in the growing battery energy storage system market must bolster their cyber resilience as they face emerging cyber threats
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Case Studies
Case study: reacting to a ransomware attack
An inside view of how one company deals with ransomware attacks and what risk managers can learn from their approach
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Analysis
Zurich teams up with global security specialist CYE to expand cyber protection
Zurich collaboration with CYE expands protection against one of top global risks for business
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Analysis
Three emerging risks facing renewable energy companies
Risk managers working in the renewables sector must face up to the ever growing risks presented by geopolitics, climate change and cyber interruption.
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Analysis
What risk managers can learn from the biggest cyber attacks of 2019
Looking back at some of the biggest data breaches in 2019 - what are some of the key learnings for businesses and the risk management community
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Analysis
Part two: Building resilience in the fourth industrial revolution
Organisational risk frameworks aspire to help their organisations become intelligently responsive to the highly disruptive forces which emerge out of complex working systems, but what does this mean for risk managers? Risk specialist, Warren Black explains.
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Analysis
The dark side of digital connectivity
Research throughout the world is pointing to Asia-Pacific as both the source and the victim of cyber-crime. Willis Towers Watson’s regional associate director, cyber, Jessica Wright tells StrategicRISK why a lack of awareness could prove extremely costly for businesses in the region.
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Analysis
Digital transformation: Future proof your business now
Digital transformation is changing every aspect of the business landscape at an exponential pace, bringing the full force of innovation and disruption to all sectors and markets says Allied World’s senior vice president, Hong Kong country manager & head of general casualty, Asia Pacific, Jotu Shohtoku.
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Analysis
Financial services and transport businesses beware: you are most vulnerable to cyber attacks
Co-ordinated attack and increasingly sophisticated malware deployments places businesses at greater risk than ever before
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Analysis
Why phishing attacks remain a substantial threat to business
Phishing continues to be a popular attack method for cyber criminals
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Analysis
UK financial services industry is ‘perfect target’ for cyber attack
Financial services companies vastly overestimate their cyber insurance coverage, report finds
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Analysis
What will jumpstart the cyber insurance market?
Stroz Friedberg cyber security expert challenges insurers and cyber security providers to meet increasing client demand
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Analysis
Swiss Re CS and IBM offer joint cyber risk transfer solutions
Partnership aims to combine IBM’s IT security expertise with Swiss Re’s underwriting capability
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Analysis
Corporates are losing cyber war because their approach is disjointed
Cyber criminals have the advantage because firms lack cohesion in the reporting, assessment and communication of digital risk