Solving Cyber Risk: Protecting Your Company and Society - Hardcover

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ANDREW COBURN is senior vice president at Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and a director of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge. The architect of the leading cyber risk model in the insurance industry, he is coauthor of Earthquake Protection, Second Edition.

ÉIREANN LEVERETT is the founder of Concinnity Risks and a senior researcher on cyber risk at Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. An ethical hacker, he was on the multidisciplinary team that built the first cyber risk models for insurance.

GORDON WOO is a catastrophist with RMS who helped create the conceptual framework for the RMS Cyber Accumulation Management System. An authority on cyber and insurance risk, he is the author of The Mathematics of Natural Catastrophes and Calculating Catastrophe.

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THE ONE BOOK HACKERS DON'T WANT YOU TO READ

Solving Cyber Risk enables you to accurately assess cyber risk at your organization and develop a cost-appropriate plan for top- tier cybersecurity. From the leading-edge minds behind the most popular cyber risk model in the insurance industry, this authoritative work shares the wisdom mined from a decade's worth of research into the culture, psychology, and profit models of hackers.

Through a powerful, scalable framework, any size organization can effectively manage the likelihood and consequences of cyber attacks within any size budget. Step-by-step guidance to data-backed approaches and techniques empower you to:

• Measure and assess the five most expensive and damaging causes of cyber loss
• Understand the motivations, capabilities, and techniques behind the seven most common types of hackers
• Apply the same due diligence and expertise to defending against cyber attacks as the best in the business

Whether you need to update your cyber risk protocols or create a cutting-edge security plan from scratch, Solving Cyber Risk is your complete blueprint to protecting your digital assets from criminals.

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Cyber risk is a top priority if you're in business today. The digital economy requires companies to safeguard a wealth of sensitive information that can make hackers a fortune and ruin both a business and victims' lives. Solving Cyber Risk demystifies the threat of cyber attacks and guides you in implementing the most cost- effective methods of reducing risk.

In this practical, non-technical guidebook, three global thought leaders on cyber risk show you how to use risk management principles to lock down your cyber security. Written specifically for business professionals and policy-makers, this single resource covers everything from the fundamentals of cyber crime to the roles of information security officers and risk managers. Improve your cyber resilience by using this powerful guide to:

• Assess the latest vulnerabilities in software, industrial control systems and devices
• Gain an understanding of the regulatory and legal landscape and law-enforcement processes
• Make informed decisions about the costs and benefits of cyber resilient strategies, including key trends in cyber insurance

Avoiding cyber attacks isn't an option— prepare to protect yourself and your clients with Solving Cyber Risk.