Employee benefit plans are coming under greater risk for cyber attacks. Nearly all employee benefit plans contain high account balances and sensitive personal information for both participants and beneficiaries. The following factors contribute to this increasing risk: Benefit plan information is almost always stored electronically Benefit plans generally are not considered by employers when they […]

March 15, 2022

General Insurance Services

Cyber Security and Employee Benefit Plans

Today’s article is brought to you by guest blogger, Scott Templin, Cyber Risk Advisor with Lachesis, LLC. By now, hopefully every business is familiar with the concepts of email, text and phone call scams, multifactor authentication, and cyber monitoring. Those are cyber basics for any company that uses the internet. But hackers make a living […]

Trending_CEOs Lose Sleep Over Cyber Risks

February 28, 2022

Scott Templin

Trending: CEOs Lose Sleep Over Cyber Risks

Today’s cyber security article is brought to you by guest blogger, Scott Templin, Cyber Risk Advisor with Lachesis, LLC. 2021 was the year to start taking your cyber security risk seriously. Back in October the ITRC reported that 2021 data breaches had already exceeded those of 2020. The problem is not going to disappear so […]

4 New Year's Resolutions to Strengthen Your Business's Cyber Security

January 11, 2022

Scott Templin

4 New Year’s Resolutions to Strengthen Your Business’s Cyber Security

Today’s article about ransomware is brought to you by guest blogger, Scott Templin, Cyber Risk Advisor with Lachesis, LLC. There is no escaping. You cannot turn on the news or open your phone these days without hearing about another cyber attack. From meat suppliers to pipelines, our nation’s resources are being threatened at unprecedented levels, […]

Cyber Security is NOT an IT Problem

September 13, 2021

Scott Templin

Cyber Security is NOT an IT Problem

Today’s article about ransomware is brought to you by guest blogger, Scott Templin, Cyber Risk Advisor with Lachesis, LLC. WHAT IS RANSOMWARE? Ransomware is a form of malware, short for malicious software, that is designed to encrypt files and render a system unusable. Ransomware typically targets sensitive information that the hacker then threatens to sell […]

How to Protect Against Ransomware

June 10, 2021

Scott Templin

How to Protect Against Ransomware

Today’s article is brought to you by guest blogger, Scott Templin, Cyber Risk Advisor with Lachesis, LLC. Is your business prepared for a cyberattack? Business leaders are forced to face this uncomfortable question even when they do not have a technical background. Six trillion dollars is the estimated cost of cyberattacks in 2021. Not having […]

How Well Do You Understand Your Business's Cyber Risk Profile

May 11, 2021

Scott Templin

How Well Do You Understand Your Business’s Cyber Risk Profile?

Today’s article is brought to you by guest blogger, Scott Templin, Cyber Risk Advisor with Lachesis, LLC. Gizmodo reported this week that SolarWinds is blaming an intern for the password of ‘solarwinds123’ that was being used on a server. There is not a connection at this point that the weak password was leveraged as a […]

A Closer Look at Password Security

March 5, 2021

Scott Templin

A Closer Look at Password Security