The threat of a cyber breach moves more quickly than the blink of an eye.

It affects business of all sizes and across all industries — and hackers are becoming more creative, as seen in the recent online attacks on Domain Name Sytem provider Dyn Inc

But what do businesses really think about cyber threats and how are they responding? According to a recent survey by Zurich North America and Advisen, released Oct. 27 at the Advisen Cyber Risk Insights Conference in New York City, more businesses are aware of the risk and a need to do "something," even if they don't agree on what that "something" is.

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Rosalie Donlon

Rosalie Donlon is the editor in chief of ALM's insurance and tax publications, including NU Property & Casualty magazine and NU PropertyCasualty360.com. You can contact her at [email protected].