Cyber Risk Archives - KMRD Partners

The New Minimum Standard of Cyber Security Webinar Recording

April 26, 2022 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, Webinars

For those who missed our webinar on Cyber Security Standards, here is a recording!

Social Engineering Explainer: Webinar Recap with Video and Text Option

February 6, 2020 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, Webinars / 0 comments

On January 29, 2020, Ankura Consulting and KMRD Partners partnered to host a free webinar on how social engineering. Watch the webinar as Brian Heun and Clay Blankenship explain how cybercriminals use social engineering to manipulate employees into divulging sensitive information and how organizations can protect employees and secure assets from cyber attacks. You can watch a […]

Social Engineering and How To Protect Your Computer From Hackers, Viruses, and Spies

January 21, 2020 / by KMRD Partners / Announcements, Blog, From Brian's Desk, Insurance Coverage / 0 comments

While Social Engineering may sound like a way to encourage people to mingle at a dinner party, it is actually a devious plot created by hackers and spies to infiltrate your computer and business networks through a number of nefarious tactics, including the following: Phishing Chances are you’ve been the target of a phishing attack […]

GDPR Compliance In The USA And 7 Ways To Prepare Your Business

December 11, 2019 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, From Brian's Desk, Insurance Coverage

While the scope and territorial reach of European Union’s GDPR is broader, States have started the process of “falling in line” with GDPR. Until the Federal Government can reach bi-partisan grounds on a single law for the whole country, we are going to see more states being inspired by GDPR and one another. In varying […]

Social Engineering Webinar: How Criminals Exploit Human Behavior and How to Protect Your Enterprise

November 20, 2019 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, From Brian's Desk, General, Insurance Coverage

Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology to gain access to buildings, systems or data. Join us for this free webinar to learn how social engineering works and what to do to protect employees and your enterprise. Join top risk management and cyber insurance experts for an interactive discussion on how to protect […]

Cyber Risk Transfer: Can you transfer your cyber / privacy risk contractually?

March 8, 2019 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, From Brian's Desk, Insurance Coverage / 0 comments

With the advent of more frequent privacy breaches, sophisticated companies are trying to push risk contractually to their vendors and even their clients. Reading a cloud hosting contract or other cloud software platform agreement, this cyber risk transfer trend is evident. Questions about cyber risk transfer which need answers – 1 – Can organizations obtain additional […]

Cybersecurity Starts In The Workplace; Here’s How to Reduce The Risk

October 24, 2018 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, From Jenean's Desk, Risk Control / 0 comments

According to research sponsored by International Data Corporation (IDC), businesses worldwide will spend more than $100 billion on cybersecurity software, services and hardware in 2020. Of this amount, IDC estimates one-third will be spent by businesses in the United States. To a certain degree, fear is driving this financial commitment. No management team wishes to […]

Cyber Liability Insurance: Four Ways to Safeguard Your Small Business

May 2, 2018 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, From Bob Dietzel's Desk, Insurance Coverage / 0 comments

Since big companies such as Target, with nearly 2,000 stores in the U.S., and Equifax, with more than $3 billion annual revenue, are targeted by cybercriminals, one might think small businesses would not need cyber liability insurance. This could not be farther from the truth. Unfortunately, small businesses also are targeted with depressing frequency. According […]

Eliminate Workplace Hazards: Five Steps Every Business Should Take

April 15, 2018 / by KMRD Partners / Blog, From Bob Dietzel's Desk, Insurance Coverage / 0 comments

Most risk and insurance professionals know how to recognize and eliminate workplace hazards. As in most things, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Five Steps to Eliminate Workplace Hazards Step 1 – Know a real hazard when you see one Before you can identify and eliminate workplace hazards it’s important to recognize the difference […]

WannaCry Ransomware: Everything You Need to Know

May 16, 2017 / by KMRD Partners / Insurance Coverage, One Minute From Normal Series, Risk Control / 0 comments

Risks in a business from data breaches and other malicious cyber acts just keep on growing. Due to potential limitations of standard liability coverage when dealing with the evolving cyber environment, forward thinking organizations are transferring their risk to cyber insurance products. While WannaCry ransomware cyber-attacks have slowed since being initiated on Friday, vigilance remains the […]