Technology

The world's largest companies are divided over whether the COVID-19 crisis should drive greater investment in emerging technology or not, a recent KPMG poll has uncovered.

There has been a surge in the number of people using wearable technology in recent months as they turn to the devices for digital contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Darko Popovic, Chadwick Cheung and Zhixin Lim of the Risk Management in a Digital World Working Party run through some of the most commonly asked questions about blockchain

Cyber criminals are exploiting new security vulnerabilities brought on by COVID-19 and widespread homeworking, a new report from Aon has warned.

Ransomware cyber attacks increased by 25% worldwide in the first quarter of this year compared to the final three months of 2019, based on incidents reported to Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services.

Almost a third of UK workers at small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have fallen victim to phishing emails since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, with nearly half of those emails related to the pandemic.

The world is unprepared for heightened environmental, societal and technological risks brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned today.

Businesses will be forced to reconsider their spending priorities as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, and insurers are likely to ramp up investment in artificial intelligence (AI), according to GlobalData.

Simon Cartagena and Jasvir Grewal explain the issue of non-affirmative ‘silent’ cyber exposure, and share the Cyber Risk Working Party’s framework for helping insurance companies to address it

Chris Seekings and Kate Pearce talk to Carly Kind about the opportunities brought by big data and artificial intelligence – and the challenges of ensuring they benefit all of society