Cyber insurance audit: Painful necessity, or a valuable opportunity?
Ilia Sotnikov Contributor Share on Twitter Ilia Sotnikov is a security strategist and VP of user experience at Netwrix. Not that long ago, few companies even considered purchasing insurance to mitigate their financial exposure from a cyber incident, and for those that did, obtaining a policy was as easy as
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