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Three ways to hack the election (and every election to come)
11 Dec 2019

Three ways to hack the election (and every election to come)

by Jennifer Daffron | posted in: Viewpoints | 1

The advances in internet communication have allowed for thoughts and ideas to flow from one continent to the next, pushing education, medicine, and new discoveries further and faster than ever before. In an ideal world, this platform would be used … Continued

cyber interference, cyber risk, election risk, fake news, geopolitical risk, political risk, uk general election
Shen attack cyber risk scenario: up to $110 billion at risk from maritime malware attack
30 Oct 2019

Shen attack cyber risk scenario: up to $110 billion at risk from maritime malware attack

by Jennifer Daffron | posted in: Viewpoints | 3

What would be the impact on insurers and the global economy if key ports in Asia-Pacific were closed as a result of a cyber attack? Our new scenario report explores the impact of a hypothetical computer virus which closes up … Continued

cyber, cyber risk, insurance gap, malware, maritime risk, shen attack, technology risk
The Cyber Risk Outlook 2019: what’s on the horizon for cyber risk?
14 May 2019

The Cyber Risk Outlook 2019: what’s on the horizon for cyber risk?

by Jennifer Daffron | posted in: Viewpoints | 0

Today, the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies launches its 2019 Cyber Risk Outlook in partnership with RMS. The 2019 Outlook is the product of a full year of research and conversation with experts, an insightful look at the current cyber … Continued

cyber, cyber crime, cyber risk, cyber risk outlook 2019
US Government shut downs impact cyber security
14 Jan 2019

US Government shut downs impact cyber security

by Jennifer Daffron | posted in: Viewpoints | 0

by Jennifer Daffron and Kelly Quantrill Many US government employees are currently struggling with the ongoing effects of the US Government shutdown. Due to precedents set by previous government shutdowns, impacts such long lines at airports and national park closures … Continued

Expired certificates to blame in O2 outage
7 Dec 2018

Expired certificates to blame in O2 outage

by Jennifer Daffron | posted in: Viewpoints | 0

by Jennifer Daffron and Kelly Quantrill The nearly 24-hour outage of the O2 4G network that affected O2’s 25 million customers has been traced to an expired certificate in a software used by their supplier Ericsson. What exactly does this … Continued

cyber, o2 outage, tls certificate
Supply chain disruption hits O2 network causing global outage
6 Dec 2018

Supply chain disruption hits O2 network causing global outage

by Jennifer Daffron | posted in: Viewpoints | 0

by Jennifer Daffron and Kelly Quantrill Across the UK, over 25 million customers of the O2 network, including people signed up to Tesco Mobile, Sky, Lycamobile and GiffGaff, are forced to rely on WiFi connectivity for access to the internet … Continued

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Lights out at Amazon
2 Mar 2017

Lights out at Amazon

by Jennifer Daffron | posted in: Viewpoints | 1

Tuesday, 28 February, saw “high error rates” in multiple AWS services in the US’ eastern region. These began in the S3 service provided by the US-East-1 North Virginia site before spreading to other services hosted by US-East-1 including CloudWatch, EC2, … Continued

cyber, power outage, risk

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