John Riordan, Author at CloudCover

Oil/Gas Distribution

by Stephen Cardot | Apr 27, 2023 | Case Studies

CloudCover was brought in to address network security concerns for a large US based energy distribution and storage company with hundreds of employees in multiple locations across the United States following the Colonial Pipeline ransomware data breach event in 2021. Upon investigation, we discovered that Russian attackers had infiltrated the network through the VOIP phone system. Thanks to the expertise of the CC/B1 team, they were able to quickly detect and block the threats.

CloudCover® announces BMS Group as their Broker of Record.

by John Riordan | Feb 28, 2023 | Newsroom

CloudCover now offering a $1 Million Ransomware Warranty with a three-year contract for the CyberSafety CC/B1 Platform™. The warranty is first in a three-part, market-disrupting cybersecurity offering to come.

CloudCover® announces strategic partnership with Hylant Global

by John Riordan | Feb 14, 2023 | Newsroom

Minneapolis, MN I February 14, 2023 — CloudCover announced today the establishment of the world’s first cybersecurity “rent-a-captive” insurance program known as the CloudCover CyberCell™ is in partnership with Hylant Global Solutions.

CloudCover® Offers the first 1$ Million Ransomware Warranty Guarantee

by John Riordan | Jan 31, 2023 | Newsroom

CloudCover® now offering a $1 Million Ransomware Warranty with a three-year contract for the CyberSafety CC/B1 Platform™. The warranty is first in a three-part, market-disrupting cybersecurity offering to come.

Michael Steep joins CloudCover as Advisor.

by John Riordan | Oct 19, 2022 | Company News & Awards, Newsroom

CloudCover, the company reinventing cybersecurity by creating the first end-to-end network-centric cybersecurity embedded cyber insurance platform, has announced the addition of the executive, Michael Steep, as its Advisor of Innovation Strategy.

CloudCover: CC/B1 and Zero Trust

by Stephen Cardot | Aug 2, 2022 | Blog, CloudCover Technology

The notion of Zero Trust practice-as-a-policy — is a security model that inherently never trusts users or data. For a myriad of reasons, Zero Trust happens to be the flavor of the year “method of trust”.

CloudCover Partners with Carahsoft to Provide Affordable Cyber Insurance Products to the Public Sector

by John Riordan | Jul 28, 2022 | Newsroom

CloudCover®, the company responsible for the new market category of end-to-end cybersecurity network technology and insurance, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as CloudCover’s Master Government Aggregator®, making the company’s industry-leading affordable risk transfer insurance products available to the Public Sector through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and on NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V and OMNIA Partners contracts.

CloudCover Era: Cybersecurity Insurance Embedded Network Security Platform

by Stephen Cardot | Jul 13, 2022 | Blog, CloudCover Technology

For a myriad of reasons, risk transfer in the cybersecurity insurance industry isn’t as cut and dried – or is it? In our latest blog, we break down CloudCover’s approach to risk transfer and why our approach is the “new way” solution to today’s challenging cybersecurity insurance market.

CISA Issues VMware Emergency Directive: Why it matters and how CloudCover protects VMware against vulnerabilities.

by John Riordan | May 23, 2022 | Blog, CloudCover Technology

On Wednesday, May 18th, VMware disclosed multiple security flaws in VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. These newly discovered vulnerabilities in VMware products put customers at serious risk.

The Riskiest Data: Protecting Data in Motion with Cyber Insurance

by Stephen Cardot | Mar 15, 2022 | Helping CISO's Sleep at Night

Data in motion is the most valuable data a company has — and it’s also what carries the most risk. We offer a high-level overview of data in motion, why it’s hard to secure, and how we’re working to protect it with CloudCover’s just-launched Cybersecurity Network Data Insurance.