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Cyber Risk Insights

Deleted Emails Cost Company $3M in Sanctions

What happens when a senior vice president ignores a litigation hold and deletes tens of thousands of emails? A $3 million sanction.

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Special Discount for ABA Webinar on Cyber Risk

On November 15, 2016, 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET, SDV Southeast Managing Partner Gregory Podolak will be participating in the American Bar Association webinar, "Assessing the Situation: How to Identify and Evaluate a Contractor's Cyber and Data Risks."

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Cyber Insurance Tax Break

In an effort to encourage businesses to mitigate the risk of a data breach, House Republican Ed Perlmutter has introduced a bill offering a tax credit to businesses that purchase qualifying cyber insurance policies

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One-Stop Shop Cyberinsurance Opens Doors For Small Companies

If you are a small company worried about keeping your client data safe, there are now a number of options to help. SDV's Gregory Podolak was recently interviewed by LAW360.com on his thoughts.

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Georgia Federal Court Rules Commercial Crime Policy Covers Fraudulent Wire Transfer

With cyber fraud becoming more prevalent in today's business world, policyholders should be aware of some of the points raised by commercial crime insurers to deny coverage.

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US-EU Privacy Shield Program Open for Sign-Ups

For several months we have been closely following the negotiations leading up to the adoption of the US-EU Privacy Shield.

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Twist Ending: Cyber Insurance Policy Doesn't Cover Cyber Risk for Hospitality Industry Policyholder

There may be a very good chance your cyber insurance policy doesn't cover what you think it covers.

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Policyholders Get Digital Fraud Coverage Boost At 8th Circ.

Greg Podolak was quoted once again in the latest issue of Law360. This recent posting discussed last week's decision by the 8th Circuit Court that coverage must be provided for a bank that was hit by a hacker, even if the negligence of one of the bank employee's was partially to blame.

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Media Update: Cyber Risk Coverage

SDV’s own Gregory Podolak is well known in the cyber risk world. He’s been quoted recently in two art ...

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Fourth Circuit Opens a Portal to Coverage for Data Breach under CGL Policy

On April 11, 2016, the Fourth Circuit held that a records storage company was entitled to a defense under its CGL policy for a class action lawsuit claiming that the company failed to safeguard confidential medical records.

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