Cyberinsurance policy : rethinking risk in an age of ransomware, computer fraud, data breaches, and cyberattacks

Author(s)

• Wolff, Josephine

Bibliographic Information

Cyberinsurance policy : rethinking risk in an age of ransomware, computer fraud, data breaches, and cyberattacks

Josephine Wolff

（Information policy series）

The MIT Press, c2022

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p.[249]-263) and index.

Summary:"Traces the cyberinsurance industry's history, challenges, and legal disputes to understand why insurance has not helped to strengthen cybersecurity and what governments could do to make it a more effective tool for cyber risk management"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents of Works

• Introduction: A market-driven approach to cybersecurity
• Breach on the beach : origins of cyberinsurance
• "The hackers did this" : data breach lawsuits and commercial
• "The point of no return" : computer fraud insurance and defining cybercrime
• "Insurrection, rebellion, revolution, riot" : NotPetya, property insurance, and war exclusions
• "The big kahuna" : stand-alone cyber coverage
• "What is the point of collecting data?" : global growth of cyberinsurance and roles for policymakers
• Conclusion: Is cyber risk different?

Details

• NCID: BD0478915X
• ISBN:
  • 9780262544184
• LCCN: 2021045988
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 272 p
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HG9963.5
  • DC23 : 658.4/78
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Computer insurance
  • LCSH : Computer security -- Management
  • LCSH : Cyberspace -- Security measures -- Management
  • LCSH : Computer crimes -- Prevention
  • LCSH : Risk management
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB16181390