The day after more than a dozen tornadoes tore through the Dallas-Fort Worth area, throwing tractor-trailers like sticks into the air and peeling roofs from homes, residents and business owners are picking up the pieces.

Todays enterprise network is a target-rich environment and requires a layered approach to defend.

Bond-insurer Ambac has filed a second suit against JP Morgan Chase Bank claiming the banks mortgage unit perpetrated a fraud by failing to follow proper underwriting guidelines and presenting poor-quality risks to the carrier.

With the inaugural meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance now in the record books, it is clear that at least initially, the group's focus will reflect FIO Director Michael McRaiths perspective on broad, global themes.