---
title: "Insurance firms should brace themselves for mobile attacks"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/insurance-firms-should-brace-themselves-for-mobile-attacks/"
date: "2018-08-08T06:25:06+00:00"
section: "Mobile"
tags:
  - "Cyber Insurance"
  - "Mobile Attacks"
  - "Mobile Security"
source: "itproportal.com"
source_url: "https://www.itproportal.com/features/insurance-firms-should-brace-themselves-for-mobile-attacks/"
---

# Insurance firms should brace themselves for mobile attacks

August 8, 2018 · Reported by itproportal.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2018/insurance-firms-should-brace-themselves-for-mobile-attacks.jpg)

> Mobile devices are often the weakest link in an insurance company’s defenses. The rise in both data breaches and general security events has lead to new opportunities, as well as new problems, for the insurance industry. On the one hand, it has meant that more risk managers want insurers to cover against cyber attacks.

[Read the full article at itproportal.com](https://www.itproportal.com/features/insurance-firms-should-brace-themselves-for-mobile-attacks/)

**Tags:** [Cyber Insurance](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-insurance/) · [Mobile Attacks](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/mobile-attacks/) · [Mobile Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/mobile-security/)