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The latest reports from FBI and ITRC reveal that cyber incidents in 2023 broke records for financial loss and frequency.

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Cyber incidents reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2023 totaled 880,418. Meanwhile, supply-chain attacks increased, and weak notification frameworks further increased cyber risk for all stakeholders. These attacks caused a five-year high of $12.5 billion, the most for any cybercrime tracked.

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Combating Fraudulent COVID Unemployment Claims

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As federal and state officials scramble to send unemployment and stimulus funds to help people hit hard by COVID-19 business shutdowns, it has become a perfect storm for cyber fraud. The payments are an easy target for cybercriminals as hackers and cyber gangs around the world have started to file unemployment claims use stolen identities.

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Protect Your Clients Against Data Breaches

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companies faced the risk of a significant cyber attack. Analysts project cyber crime to cost the U.S. For most companies, a cyber breach isn’t a question of if but when. As a Cyber Insurance broker, you can learn from their mistakes to help protect your clients. trillion by 2028.

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RIMS TechRisk/RiskTech: Opportunities and Risks of AI

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However, the algorithms that support them and govern many users’ online activities could end up being something akin to the “pre-cogs” from Minority Report that predict future crimes because the algorithms are collecting so much personal information. The bias inherent in AI/machine learning have real world impacts.

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Successfully Navigating Identity Management Strategies

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In a nod to its importance, the National Cyber Security Alliance even recently kicked off the first ever Identity Management Day. When evaluating an identity management strategy, it is imperative to start at a high level, which includes data access governance to limit access and meaningfully reduce the risk of loss or theft.

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Inflation Considerations for Risk Managers and Insurance Buyers

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In other lines of business, as inflation continues to rise and products become harder to get, we can expect to see increased crime activity, with higher value attributed to stolen goods due to shortages and inflation encouraging more employee theft.

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