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STORM Guidance blog
See what our specialists have to say about ransomware, business email compromise, extortion, data theft and all aspects of cyber risk.
Neil Hare-Brown
Mar 31, 2023
Royal Mail Ransomware Negotiation Analysis
STORM Guidance analyse the recent ransomware negotiation between Royal Mail and LockBit. Download the full report here.
Rosanna Hayes
Nov 17, 2022
UK cyber crisis calls for broader regulation in the face of economic gloom
Amid countless reports of data leaks, hacks, and fraud, the UK economy isn’t adapting to deal with the pace of cybercrime, as threat...
Rosanna Hayes
Oct 7, 2022
Risk Management Regulations Set to Hit the Cyber Market
What is the NCSC's proposed security standard, and do these controls go far enough for accurate risk modelling and loss reduction?
Rosanna Hayes
Jan 26, 2022
Exploring Proactive Steps for Legal Services to Reduce Exposure to Cyber Risks
2021 saw no shortage of cyber incidents, with law firms being one of the most common sectors STORMs incident response team are alerted to.
Rosanna Hayes
Jan 17, 2022
Concerns Grow as Attacks Against Schools Continue to Rise
Following another ransomware attack affecting thousands of schools, the GAO has called on the Department of Education to do more.
Rosanna Hayes
Sep 16, 2021
Cyber Insurance Association Hosts STORM Guidance at Cyber Fraud and Insurance Issues Webinar
Last week, the Cyber Insurance Association hosted a webinar in efforts to address cyber fraud and the hardening cyber insurance market....
Rosanna Hayes
Jul 19, 2021
Board Level Strategies for Effective Cyber Risk Management
Cyber extortion has become a hot topic across all industry sectors, as cyberattacks now hit the news on a daily basis. The global...
Rosanna Hayes
Jun 29, 2021
SMEs in South Africa and the Impact of Cybercrime
On May 20th 2021, we hosted an event to welcome the launch of our CyberCare service in South Africa and discussed with a leading panel of...
Rosanna Hayes
Mar 13, 2021
The Latest Updates on the Hafnium Nation-State Attacks
On March 2nd, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC) identified zero-day vulnerabilities affecting customers running Exchange...
Rosanna Hayes
Mar 2, 2021
Reacting to the Hardening Cyber Insurance Market
For the first time since cyber insurance developed into separate stand-alone policies, the market is seeing price increases for this...
Rosanna Hayes
Feb 24, 2021
QBE Introduce STORM’s 'Attackers Eye View' Service
In a group effort to combat the prevalence of cybercrime and the sharp escalation in ransomware severity, QBE Insurance hosted a webinar...
Rosanna Hayes
Jan 20, 2021
How to determine the financial exposure and limits of cover needed by private schools
With standalone cyber policies the new norm, brokers are experiencing the pressures of assessing the financial exposure and limits of...
Rosanna Hayes
Dec 3, 2020
Calls to Close Cyber Coverage Gaps as Ransomware Payment Penalties Hit
There is no denying the impact COVID-19 has had on the security posture of small and medium businesses since the move to remote working...
Neil HB
Feb 6, 2019
Ransomware: Prepare, Prevent, Respond
Ransomware is the extortion-driven malware epidemic sweeping the globe. There are a large and growing number of Ransomware programs all...
Neil HB
May 12, 2017
Can Cyber Protection be Straight-Forward? - Part 1
In the wake of the recent WCry Ransomware attacks on the NHS I have to ask whether I am missing something; or has the cyber security...
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