Majority of firms lack cyber insurance

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The average business ransom paid is now above $800,000
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The average business ransom paid is now above $800,000

Cost, lack of transparency and increasing software requirements are big challenges when it comes to finding an insurer

Businesses are slowly losing the capacity to insure themselves against a possible cyber attack, but the amounts demanded by criminals keep rising. That is according to a new analysis from Blackb...

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