Cyber attacks are increasingly rapidly, from malware, data theft, distributed denial of service, to ransomware where device and data access are traded for financial gains. Of all the cyber threats, ransomware attacks are very damaging as businesses can be locked out of their own data, if current data backups are not religiously carried out.
Small businesses with greater levels of racial and ethnic diversity are more likely to have changed their business approach during the pandemic than less diverse businesses.
Future underwriters must become skilled statisticians, engineers and technologically literate if insurance is to meet the needs of consumers and businesses according to a new report by the Underwriting New Generation Group (2021) of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
Tens of thousands of wind turbine blades will end up in landfills by the end of the decade unless end-of-life programmes are established soon according to a new study End-of-life policy considerations for wind turbine blades led by the University of South Australia.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) UK and Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) UK have asked the solicitors' community to emphasise on the point that paying a ransom to cyber criminals will not keep data safe or be viewed by the ICO as a mitigation in regulatory action.
Scientists from South Africa, Germany, France, Switzerland, New Zealand, Denmark, the USA and the UK have collaborated for a rapid scientific analysis to assess to what extent human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of the exceptional heat wave in July 2022 in UK.
A recent survey has found that the ramifications of the semiconductor industry supply chain crisis have been exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine. The semiconductor industry serves as a major driver in the global economy.
Credential stuffing is emerging as a significant and rapidly growing cyber threat to personal information according to international data protection and privacy authorities.
The worst possible climate change catastrophic scenarios, including collapse of society or the potential extinction of humans are being ignored according to a group of global scientists.
Leading global reinsurer Munich Re generated a profit of EUR1,376m ($1,409m) in the first six months of 2022 and EUR768m in the second quarter.