Apple today announced a new cyber risk management solution aimed at the enterprise market and launching with partners Cisco, Aon, and Allianz. Each company is adding their own expertise into the solution, including cyber resilience evaluation services from Aon, the "most secure" technology from Apple and Cisco, and options for enhanced cyber insurance coverage from Allianz.

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The goal is said to help businesses better manage and protect themselves from the risk of cyber attacks, like ransomware and other malware-related threats. In the announcement, Apple said that the "low adoption" of cyber insurance amid an increased risk of attacks led to the new partnership, which ultimately aims to help businesses become "more resilient" to these threats.

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Businesses taking part in the solution will potentially qualify for lower, "or even no," deductibles in some cases, as well as gain access to "market leading" policy coverage terms. The key elements of the solution include:

- Cyber Resilience Evaluation: Aon cyber security professionals will assess interested customers’ cyber security posture and recommend ways to help improve their cyber security defenses.

- Cyber Insurance: Customers using Cisco Ransomware Defense, and/or qualified Apple products can be eligible for the Allianz-developed enhanced cyber insurance offering, acknowledging the superior level of security afforded to businesses by Cisco and Apple technology.

- Incident Response Services: Organizations will have access to Cisco and Aon’s Incident Response teams in the event of a malware attack.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the partnership will help make cyber insurance "more accessible" for the businesses that partake in the solution. In total, Apple's iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices are said to be the tools supported under the new insurance.

“The choice of technology providers plays a critical role in any company’s defense against cyber attacks. That’s why, from the beginning, Apple has built products from the ground up with security in mind, and one of the many reasons why businesses around the world are choosing our products to power their enterprise," said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

“iPhone, iPad and Mac are the best tools for work, offering the world’s best user experience and the strongest security. We’re thrilled that insurance industry leaders recognize that Apple products provide superior cyber protection, and that we have the opportunity to help make enhanced cyber insurance more accessible to our customers.”

Cisco has launched a new website with more information about the cyber risk solution. For business interested, Apple said that the solution is available starting today.

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Delgibbons Avatar
88 months ago
Fix iOS & iTunes first.
Aww this agreement seems rather fitting since Apple stole....

....sorry...licenses the iOS name from Cisco routers' operating system of the same name :p



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Avieshek Avatar
88 months ago
Fix iOS & iTunes first.
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PJivan Avatar
88 months ago
Fix iOS & iTunes first.
:rolleyes: Kids
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swm Avatar
88 months ago
smells like vapourware. this whole ransomware mitigation is basically screwing with dns name resolution (cisco acquired opendns some years ago) but this is a short sighted method to fight RW. coordination of dormant infected host can be done w/o dns - albeit they use the most trivial way - over legitimate channels, like twitter. the dns stuff is working now, and you get the service mostly for free from many ISPs. indeed they “censor” the internet, which can be abused. on the other hand, cisco is keen to attract more customers to the opendns platform, as collecting dns queries & setting up profiles based on them can bring them quite a lot data which then can be “monetized”. and actually you are paying them to give away your data... wherever insurance companies appear, it starts smell like a nice rip-off to happen soon. internetis a pretty good place to milk the masses
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