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Cyber Insurance Between the Lines

Posted by timothy on from the door-hit-rear-on-way-out dept.

Shackleford writes "Security Focus has an article that discusses insurance policies regarding 'computer attacks and cyber sabotage.' It discusses a case in which an administrator who set up back doors in the system with which he was trusted deleted files to which he could access after he was fired. His company had insurance against dishonest acts by employees, but not against 'acts of destruction.' Eventaully, the company won, but the case went to litigation. So the lesson to be learned here is that your company may have 'cyber insurance' without knowing it, but you need to be sure about it."

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  1. "Acts of god" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're the system god, would this violate the insurance policy?

  2. Good God Man by Sokie · · Score: 2, Funny

    It discusses a case in which an administrator who set up back doors in the system with which he was trusted deleted files to which he could access after he was fired.

    What is that sentence supposed to mean? Use a freaking comma!

    Yeesh.

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  3. Note to self.. by grub · · Score: 2, Funny


    Don't leave backdoors in the system, burn the place down. It's harder to trace back..

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    1. Re:Note to self.. by niko9 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Hey Milton, whhhhhat's happenening......"

  4. Guido's Insurance Co. by grub · · Score: 2, Funny


    Hey.. you behind da keyboard. You need protection.. Things happen. Hard disks crash, software breaks, monitors get shot.. err.. dey break too.

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  5. Re:Do Admins leave Backdoors a lot? by PetWolverine · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know how a hacker can get into computers (because I am one)

    What advances A.I. researchers have made recently, that computers can post comments to /.!

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  6. Re:If you are about to be fired... by Verteiron · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah. The first sign that I had been laid off from Deere & Co. was that my ID badge would no longer open the door to let me out of the building. Some nice guy used his badge to let me out, and then used it again to let himself out. I heard later he'd gotten in trouble for doing that, too, since the security system flagged him as having left twice. I guess the Proper Action would have been to leave me cooped up in the building overnight until someone got around to telling me I didn't work there anymore.

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