Let me ask you something: say you had promised to protect someone, keeping them safe and healthy. Would you want them to actively partake in risky—and in many cases, completely avoidable—situations? Of course not. So, why would a business’ insurance provider want to provide coverage if that business did nothing to prevent a cybersecurity event? They wouldn’t… and as a result, many providers are establishing minimum safeguards and compliance requirements to help protect themselves. Let’s go over what these safeguards are so that your safety nets will be there when you need them.
When it comes to technology, there is a constant friction between convenience and security. No consumer device illustrates this tension better than the Ring doorbell. To most, it is a tool to catch porch pirates; to IT professionals, it is a persistent IoT sensor with a direct, unencrypted line into one of the world’s most massive cloud ecosystems. The real controversy isn’t about filming a sidewalk; it’s the transparency gap between what is being captured and what the company openly admits to. Most users believe they are buying a digital peephole, but the reality of how Amazon captures, processes, and utilizes that data is far more complex.
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