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In late 2014, a steel manufacturing facility in Germany lost control of its blast furnace, causing massive damage to the plant. The catastrophe's trigger was traced not to employee error, but rather, a cyber attack.
With high-profile, high-cost data breaches continuing to make news on a regular basis, it's not surprising that there has been a spike in interest in Cyber Liability coverage. Yet that interest isn't always translating into increased sales, in part due to a lack of understanding of the exposures by, ironically,...