Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 101 (8th April 2022)
Updated version released April 2022 , covering the latest developments in UK GDPR, including the International data transfer agreement (IDTA) which came into force last month – There are also some very significant GDPR ramifications to this post-Covid new normal. WFH, even if only a part of the post-Covid normal, has rendered many existing security regimes, designed for a pre-pandemic world, redundant.
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Friday Reading Edition 101 (8th April 2022)
[Free to access upon setting up an account] The risk of Russian cyber retaliation in response to Western sanctions over Ukraine is just one pressing reason why the UK’s new national cyber strategy is so important.
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Friday Reading Edition 101 (8th April 2022)
Outlines some of the key strategies that businesses can use to stay one step ahead of ransomware extortionists in light of their evolving approaches to targeting and extorting victims.
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Friday Reading Edition 101 (8th April 2022)
Ransomware and warning shots about risk aggregation have added a big dose of complexity into an already complicated cyber risk landscape. Insurers are weighing the delicate balance of growth vs discipline in the face of surging claims and deteriorating profitability.
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Friday Reading Edition 100 (1st April 2022)
Knowledge of how war exclusions have been interpreted in the past can be useful in evaluating the applicability of the exclusion under the current circumstances around the Ukraine crisis.
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Friday Reading Edition 99 (25th March 2022)
Challenging conditions in the traditional insurance marketplace, notably for cyber coverages, have prompted many buyers to seek to increase the amount of risk they retain with their captives. This article explains how a structured solution can help buyers of cyber coverage to take higher retentions and manage risk volatility within their captives.
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Friday Reading Edition 98 (18th March 2022)
On wiper malware and other malware, which are hitting Ukraine – This guidance helps private and public sector organisations deal with the effects of malware (which includes ransomware). It provides actions to help organisations prevent a malware infection, and also steps to take if you're already infected.
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Friday Reading Edition 96 (4th March 2022)
The NCSC has urged organisations to follow its guidance on steps to take when the cyber threat is heightened – this guidance encourages organisations to follow actionable steps that reduce the risk of falling victim to an attack.
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Friday Reading Edition 95 (25th February 2022)
In addition to the more in-depth Global Risks Perception Survey, a critical foundation of the Global Risks Report, data presented here is from a single question in the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey. 12,361 executives from 124 countries around the world were asked to give their opinions on the top critical short-term threats to their country, out of a total list of 35 risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 94 (18th February 2022)
Risk professionals will need to educate themselves not only on how to approach data-driven decision making but also the technological developments that will increasingly dictate where data comes from and how it is used.
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