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Preparing Today for Future Cyber Risks

by Alvarez & Marsal in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted April 29, 2015

While companies around the world are experiencing numerous benefits from online transactions and interactions, the accompanying risks remain less visible. Cyber threats continue to evolve and rapidly expand, in terms of sophistication, complexity and the scale of their consequences. Lone hackers have been replaced by well-funded and organized cyber-crime networks, state-backed groups, terrorist organizations, and ...

Recent Development in FTC vs. Wyndham Underscore Importance of Cybersecurity Vigilance in the Hospitality Industry

by Post & Schell in Legal, Technology. Posted April 23, 2015

On Friday, March 27, the parties in FTC vs. Wyndham – a key data security case with the potential to deeply impact the hospitality industry’s cyber-security practices – filed special supplemental briefs that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals requested during oral arguments earlier in the month. A key question at issue in the case: is the industry ...

A Guide to Cyber Coverage

by Anjali Das in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Technology. Posted November 6, 2014

This article was first published in the ABA Coverage Journal July-August 2014, Vol. 24, No. 4. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years (without a wireless connection), you are likely familiar with the countless news stories that unfold every day reporting seemingly fantastic tales of cyber espionage, hacker attacks, ...

Another Credit Card Breach – What Now?

by Frank Wolfe in Legal, Technology. Posted March 19, 2014

The recent data breaches at major retail outlets such as Target, Michaels Stores Inc. and Neiman Marcus brought this type of modern crime to the forefront in the minds of the consumer; and for us in the hospitality community, it really hit home when news surfaced of a breach at White Lodging properties throughout the ...

Cyber Security Risk in a Social Media World

by Wayne Grundy in Featured, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted December 2, 2013

The theft of intellectual property from the U.S. is “unprecedented,” and costs the nation an estimated $300 billion each year, according to the IP Commission Report, issued in May. Worse, corporate employees—through their information sharing practices—are making it easy for IP thieves. Sharing information is now the way of business and social life. Companies have ...

Dogs Have Owners, Hotels Have Staff

by Daniel Johnson in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Technology. Posted August 1, 2013

In traffic yesterday, I saw a bumper sticker that read “Dogs have owners, cats have staff.” Given the sticker was surrounded by other feline-themed paraphernalia, I surmised that the driver was boasting about her personal capacity to successfully coexist with Tigger, Boots, or whatever the name she gave to her cat, regardless if the cat ...