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Giorgio Aprile, Aon Italia, talks WISER tools to the Innovation Group

10 Nov 2015

The cyber risk landscape is one of the fast growing sectors with attacks not only becoming more frequent, they are also affecting companies of all sizes and across all sectors. One of the key challenges facing businesses is the lack of tools and information services to help them become cyber savvy. This is where the European project, WISER, comes into play. WISER is rolling out a suite of tools tackling cyber risk management from different angles, from self-assessments to more sophisticated risk management models for complex IT systems.

First IoT cyber attack

30 Oct 2015

On 2014 for the first time the IoT has been used as part of a cyber attack that sent out 75000 spam emails: over 100000 devices were hijacked by a bot attack between 23 December and 6 January.

Almost 25 per cent of the emails were sent from devices that weren't conventional computers or mobile devices, including multimedia centers, televisions and at least one refrigerator.

It is the first documented case of common appliances being used in a cyber attack.

Top young european hackers at Cyber Security Challenge

26 Oct 2015

On the 21st of October the best young cyber talents from Austria, Germany, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom participated to the European Cyber Security Challenge.

The European Cyber Security Challenge is an opportunity for participants, who are not IT professionals, to test and put their digital skills at work. On the other hand it acts as a platform for the exchange of good practices among contestants, and to motivate young people to enhance and develop further their skills to tackle online threats.

How much is your stolen data worth?

21 Oct 2015

Personal data is floating around the web like never before.
While it’s no secret that stolen credit cards information is valuable, a recent report from Intel Security found the price of other stolen data that can be found on the deep web.

Cyber Insurance will play key role in Risk Management

14 Oct 2015

According to an Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) survey released on september 2015, the global cyber security market is going to reach $20bn by 2025 and the pressure to increase security will continue to grow.

What to consider when buying a smart device

13 Oct 2015

The IoT is going to be the next step in digital world.The greater the volume of sensitive data we transfer over the IoT, the greater the risk of data and identity theft, device manipulation, data falsification, IP theft and even server/network manipulation.

EU cyber security discrepancy put the entire market at risk

13 Oct 2015

While European officials launched the EU Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive as a first attempt at crafting cyber security legislation back in march 2015, policy harmonization and preparedness between EU member states are still missing.

Thinking Beyond Insurance - the future of EU cyber security & technology - talk by Giorgio Aprile, AON Head of Financial Institutions in Italy

8 Oct 2015

The talk "Thinking Beyond Insurance - the future of EU cyber security & technology" was given by Giorgio Aprile, AON Head of Financial Institutions in Italy at the Ferma Forum, held in Venice, Italy 4 to 7 October 2015.