May 4, 2025
Alabama Data Security & Cyber Regulations are in place, and must be observed and practiced by businesses operating there. This is a summary of those regulations, and who must be complaint. Insurance Agency Regulations: Alabama Data Security & Cyber Regulations require insurance licensees to abide by the following laws; Alabama...
March 28, 2025
What Are Tennessee's Breach Laws? Tennessee Cyber & Data Security Laws, as well as Cybersecurity Data Breach Laws apply to businesses of different types, with various exemptions available. The two main sections discussed here cover the Insurance Data Security Law and the rules that govern a breach. Tennessee Insurance Data...
Inaction After Cyber Risk Recommendations
May 15, 2023
What's the Cause? One of the great ironies of human behavior is this: When a problem confronts us, we take the time and money to get outside expertise for guidance ― and then, with report in hand, we fail to implement it. This is more common than many realize. Executive...
Marsh Study & Cyber Risk Prediction for SMBs
April 7, 2023
Marsh McLennan, together with Guy Carpenter and the cooperation of numerous cybersecurity solution firms, has recently published a fascinating study Using Data to Prioritize Cybersecurity Investments. For cyber risk data prediction purposes, there are many contributors, but none touch the cyber risk assessment. This is a very useful study to...
Notes: PLUS Cyber Symposium 2023
February 16, 2023
After recently joining the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), TEKRiSQ attended our first PLUS Cyber Symposium this week in New York City. We found it to be an excellent event, filled with valuable insight covering the year behind us, the present trends and market changes, the expectations for the future...
Cyber Risk Assessments Don’t Have to Be Like a Root Canal
October 18, 2022
Cyber Risk Assessment can be fast, easy and painless If you’re like most business owners, a cyber risk assessment isn’t at the top of your to-do list. In fact, you may think it’s like a root canal — a painful process you’d rather avoid.But cyber risk assessments are not necessarily...
Proactive Agents Employ Cyber-Risk Assessments to Write More Business
July 29, 2022
Proactive Agents Employ Cyber-Risk Assessments to Write More Business A recent survey found that 82% of global insurers expect rises in cyber premiums to continue for 2 years, due to their inability to accurately understand a customer’s security posture. 87% of insurers "want a consistent approach to analyzing cyber risk,...
July 11, 2022
A Lesson from Ben Franklin on Cyber-Protection Ben Franklin is famous for pithy wisdom, and one of his most famous sayings is: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This is directly relevant to modern day cyber security best practices, and should be understood by all businesses. ...
May 26, 2022
When does MFA require F2A? It's tough to find a cyber insurer today who does not require their insureds to deploy multi-factor authentication (aka MFA) across their organization. It’s a fairly well-understood concept to most agents that it's now a “No-MFA, No Play” game, and the absence of a positive...
TEKRiSQ named to 2022 CyberTech|X Cohort
January 19, 2022
the2022 CyberTech|X Startup Accelerator Tampa Bay Wave's 2022 CyberTech|X Accelerator cohort kicked off this week, welcoming 15 of the best and brightest cybersecurity startups from across the US (including TEKRiSQ) and beyond to Tampa Bay. TEKRiSQ joined the Tampa Bay Wave CyberTech Accelerator Cohort with other startups from Canada, France,...
