If you haven’t been hit by a BEC attack yet, there is a good chance you will be

​By Andrew Frisbie, Chief Information Security Office at LCG​What is a BEC attack?In the last several weeks, we have seen an increase in a type of cyber-attack called Business Email Compromise (BEC) – targeting businesses using Office (Microsoft) 365 email services. In this type of attack the objective is usually to influence your email communications for the purpose of convincing someone to divert payments (funds) to an illicit bank account or repository. Learning to protect your organization from BEC attacks is a cyber risk mitigation strategy against financial loss. Some examples from the past few weeks include:Company using custom email domain in Office 365 was spoofed…

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Big I NY’s Spoooooky Thoughts

By Sue Keegan , AIC, MBA, Learning & Development Manager​Big I NY is celebrating Halloween all month long.  Enjoy some music,  videos, and scary stories - if you dare.​Friends, this podcast is goooood and spoooookyBe sure and tell 'em Large Marge sent yaDon Henley and spoooooky?  Say it isn't so​Tale of the 13 Curves (right in my backyard for crying out loud​Quoth Bart Simpson, nevermoreShare your favorite local haunted legends with us.  ​​Email skeegan@biginy.org.Source

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Why Do the Limits on a Workers Comp Policy Matter?

​Question from a Big I NY member: Hi Tim. Work Comp question for you. How come some policies have different limits shown than others? Work comp is unlimited isn’t it? I never really had a good answer on this issue.Answer: By “limits,” I assume you mean the Employers Liability Limits shown in Item 3.B. in the Declarations. It is true that, for most employments, Employers Liability Insurance is unlimited in New York. The NY WC manual states that endorsement WC 31 03 08, New York Limit of Liability Endorsement, must be attached to all policies that list New York under Item 3.A. in the Declarations.…

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