According to the 2018 Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report released in February, 58 percent of U.S. firms with more than 250 employees have cyber insurance but only 21 percent with fewer than 250 are covered. What’s even more interesting is that more than half of U.S. small businesses have no intention of investing in cyber insurance. The lack… Read More
Author: Stephanie Ewing
4 Ways to Integrate Your Cyber Security Incident Response and Business Continuity Plans
In most organizations, cyber security incident response (IR) and business continuity (BC) or disaster recovery (DR) are still considered as separate functions and distinct disciplines. This is clearly a missed opportunity to maximize resources since they are two sides of the same coin. These disciplines share the common goals of protecting the organization’s reputation and ensuring continuity of operations. Therefore, it… Read More
The 12 Days of a Cyber Security Christmas
By the time Christmas Eve approaches, you may be suffering from Christmas music fatigue. Fear not, we have a fresh take on an old favorite to keep the holiday spirit alive and well. Delta Risk Senior Associate, Stephanie Ewing-Ottmers, presents a security-focused version of the twelve days of Christmas. On the first day of Christmas, my CISO gave… Read More
Q & A: How Can Companies Use Cyber Exercises to Improve Incident Response?
Stephanie Ewing-Ottmers (otherwise known as SEO) is a Senior Associate at Delta Risk LLC. She is a CISSP with more than 15 years of experience in information technology and information security leadership. She also led our webinar presentation in July on how security teams can use cyber exercises to assess and improve their breach readiness. In-between the… Read More