For most employees, the network is a thing of mystery, and its caretakers are figures of authority. In addition to bigwigs' names, trash trawling can yield procedure manuals, product specifications, discarded hard drives with juicy data, usernames and passwords, and clues that help a hacker penetrate the electronic fortress. So let's say tha teven after welding your Dumpster and takeing extreme precautions, you expect to be hacked. There's one more thing you can do. Call Lloyd, Make that Lloyds, Lloyds of London.
Several insurers cover liability, from publishing incorrect information, for instance.
But Wurzler covers damages. Internet service providers, by the way, arn't eligible. McBride makes his living off people's fear, but urged his audience last week not to go overboard on security. Inc. All rights reserved.