I published the February edition of my Podcast "The Skeptical Analyst: Let's Talk Cyber !" yesterday. It's available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify podcasts, Amazon Music, Overcast, Castro, Castbox, Podfriend, Goodpods, and other podcast platforms. I discuss four cyber issues in this 17 minute podcast: Our Cyber-Forming World Traditional Risks vs Cyber Risks Cyber Attack Spaces Cyber… Continue reading The Skeptical Analyst: Let’s Talk Cyber !
Author: Barry
Four decades plus of experience working in and for the insurance industry. Fortunate to have been a technology-focused insurance industry analyst since 1997. Using this personal blog to opine about ... well, everything.
Cyber Metric: The Density of Interdependence of Cyber Attack Spaces (First Cut)
In this post I discuss my: Description of cyber attack spaces; Thought process to get to the metric: 'Density of Interdependence' of cyber attack spaces; List of my working hypotheses as some bit of context; Choice of a visual to use the 'Density of Interdependence' metric; Marked up visual to support thinking about the metric;… Continue reading Cyber Metric: The Density of Interdependence of Cyber Attack Spaces (First Cut)
Announcement: A Podcast Series Launched by Barry Rabkin in January 2024 (This post updated February 24, 2024 with Apple and Spotify podcast addresses)
I launched a monthly podcast show in January 2024. I had gotten encouragement from several LinkedIn members suggesting that I launch a podcast. Moreover, I figured that it was definitely time to learn how to use GarageBand to spread my analyst opinions faster and further than just using the written word. One of my LI… Continue reading Announcement: A Podcast Series Launched by Barry Rabkin in January 2024 (This post updated February 24, 2024 with Apple and Spotify podcast addresses)
Suggested Annual Corporate Cyber Budget Elements
Suggested annual corporate cyber budget elements At this point-in-time on January 2, 2024, I think there are several budget elements which corporations should include, or consider including, in the list of known and probable (continual) annual cyber expenditures. My suggested annual corporation cyber budget elements are the: Cost of creating and maintaining a cyber insurance… Continue reading Suggested Annual Corporate Cyber Budget Elements
Insurer Cyber Strategy In a Cyber-Forming New World (V 1.0) (Minimally updated March 27, 2024)
Strategy: a concept loaded with many facets and meanings I know there are different views, definitions, and descriptions of strategy: what is it, what does it mean, why does a corporation need a strategy, and how does a corporation create a strategy are only a few questions about strategy. I don't plan to answer any… Continue reading Insurer Cyber Strategy In a Cyber-Forming New World (V 1.0) (Minimally updated March 27, 2024)
Lifting the Curtain: Thank you, Wells Media Group, Inc.
I know that I reference my editor and publisher of my first book and my forthcoming book somewhat frequently in my blog posts. But I haven't said much, if anything, about Wells Media Group, Inc. in any of my posts. Writing a book is hard - it is certainly harder for me than writing the… Continue reading Lifting the Curtain: Thank you, Wells Media Group, Inc.
Chaos in the Cloud
(Excerpt from my book "Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology", published June 2022 by Wells Media Group, Inc.) The cloud provides the infrastructure for many of the new risks that have emerged on the landscape of risk. An increasing number of emerging risks that will… Continue reading Chaos in the Cloud
Some of my Cyber Thoughts – April 2, 2025
I still don’t believe insurance carriers should offer cyber insurance. Why? Because cyber risks won’t generate combined ratios under 100% on a persistent basis in the months and years ahead. Cyber risks will continue to evolve into more complex forms, more interconnections, more interdependencies. (Hello, CrowdStrike ! ... thanks for the smallest taste of the… Continue reading Some of my Cyber Thoughts – April 2, 2025
Insurance Commerce in the Cyber Age: A Thought-Piece
My blog posts represent a white board of sorts for some of my notes, hopefully coherent, that will serve as a taking-off spot for topics I plan to include in my next book focused on the insurance industry and cyber. The book is currently in the planning, framing, and research stages. In this blog post… Continue reading Insurance Commerce in the Cyber Age: A Thought-Piece
Mapping & Modeling the Always Reshaping Multi-Dimensional Cyber Threat Spatial Area (Blog Beta Version)
I drafted this blog post as a ‘thought piece’ to stir ideas about a modeler's state of knowledge concerning 1) the existence and emergence of cyber attack spaces they have discovered (and not yet discovered), 2) the existence and emergence of cyber attacks they have discovered (and not yet discovered), and 3) characteristics of cyber… Continue reading Mapping & Modeling the Always Reshaping Multi-Dimensional Cyber Threat Spatial Area (Blog Beta Version)
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