Being in infosec for so long takes its toll. I've come to the conclusion that if you give a data point to a company, they will eventually sell it, leak it, lose it or get hacked and relieved of it. There really don't seem to be any exceptions, and it gets depressing.

Ok now, which one of you is running this Twitter botnet of fake infosec professionals?

Raises very interesting question questions on how you know who you’re doing business with in this digital, international world

Hackers have breached StatCounter, one of the internet's largest web analytics platforms, and have inserted malicious code inside the company's main site-tracking script. #SupplyChain zdnet.com/article/hacker…

“The Pentagon failed to make cybersecurity for its multibillion-dollar weapons systems a major focus until recently despite years of warnings”. They are studying what can be done retrospectively. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Irony: Multiple Wordpress sites hacked via privilege escalation flaw in GDPR compliance plugin tenable.com/blog/new-wordp… Apparently something like 7,600 sites using this plugin. Update or remove.

Semiconductor companies have in some cases 15k global suppliers!! That’s a cybersecurity nightmare, especially given that they are strategic target.

Insurance Business America Zurich Insurance Note - the Mondelez action is a dispute over a non-Cyber policy... I understand ambiguous war exclusions are still present in cyber policies, but it is vital to point out that the policy under dispute was policy with a primary coverage intent outside of cyber.

TODAY'S MOST READ #3: 5 Insurtechs Working to Improve Agency Processes, Efficiency bit.ly/2Nte4T8

Agents may soon need to worry less about which #Insurtech is going to take their job and more about picking the winning to startup to partner with - more and more looking for a piece of the action with agents

Do people want a toothbrush app? Do I need a toothbrush app?? I'm glad someone is out there testing that market for me, I suppose. dig-in.com/news/electric-…

Is this an important promise (at the moment). Are other insurers already selling personal data? What's that market look like? #insurance, #data

A nice overview! One category left out are those improving the lives of brokers and agents, like Indio Technologies or Broker Buddha. Also a critical part of the #insurtech ecosystem.

Wow, amazing news today. Congrats to @AssuranceIQ and Prudential on the deal! This shows we are at an inflection point in #Insurtech and #financialwellness. Consumers are demanding more data driven decisions in #fintech. Use Hydrogen to make it happen. businesswire.com/news/home/2019…

tldr: Warren Buffet: “The success of the auto companies getting into the insurance business is probably as likely as the success of the insurance companies getting into the auto business. I’d bet against any company in the auto business [getting into insurance]" #AutoInsurance

“We do hear from small business owners who prefer to work with an independent agent..." how about that! "... in most cases, it’s a preexisting relationship that the customer appreciates and finds valuable” but only people who already had an agent (apparently)

businesswire.com/news/home/2019… New #insurtech from acrisure and tulco -- the digital brokerage. Not sure how AI fits into it, but makes sense for a brokerage to go digital rather than be replaced by new players!

Since I’ve last been on Twitter…I founded Herald with Duncan Crystal, built an amazing team of eight, and partnered with fantastic investors at Lightspeed, Afore Capital, and Underscore VC We’re 1 year in and I’m excited to announce our Seed round! medium.com/heraldapi/anno…

Introducing the Insurance API Index. Today, 12 out of top 25 commercial insurance carriers have API enabled products. take a look to see which commercial insurance carriers are leading the way on digital innovation and API development.

Proud of the team and excited for future! Thanks to Will Reed. Check out all the companies featured: