Ransomware cyber insurance "not quite there yet in terms of knowing what to insure"

Charlee Gothard
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The landscape's changing fast, and insurance isn't quite keeping up, argues leading security consultant

Cyber security isn't "quite there yet in terms of knowing what it is that we're ensuring," a leading UK cyber security consultant has stated. The comment, supplied to Computing Research during i...

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