Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), 6th August 2020
Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
This guidance is for organisations of all sizes who are considering purchasing cyber insurance.
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Airmic, 2nd August 2020
Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
Cécile Fresneau of QBE discusses the resilience in an unpredictable year with reference to both the survey report and the QBE Unpredictability Index, while James Owen of Control Risks examines the cyber risk landscape, emerging threats in the present environment and growing internet sovereignty.
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Airmic,Aon, 15th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
In this webinar from 15 June 2020, cyber experts from Aon will take you through how the cyber landscape has changed as a result of the pandemic, together with the key considerations for risk managers to create a data driven approach to managing cyber risk.
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QBE, 11th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
Online and mobile banking has become a common feature of our banking routines, but there are risks to using Faster Payment Scheme or CHAPS. This article from QBE guides you in the fight against fraud by implementing Confirmation of Payee (CoP) verification.
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Baker Tilly, 7th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
Data becomes more valuable to a company when it emerges from lockdown, and this makes them more susceptible to the demands of ransomware hackers. Data backups is the solution, but companies must also regularly test the backup files, among other considerations highlighted in this article.
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Aon
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
Board members are called upon to champion cyber resilience in the face of risks such as data breaches. This article from Aon includes a top ten list of cyber governance directives for board members.
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World Economic Forum , 27th May 2020
This article and video summarise a WEF webinar held this week featuring government, business and technology leaders discussing tracking and tracing technologies being employed in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Zurich
This series of podcasts from Zurich examines building reopening and machinery restarting, school reopening, returning to the workplace, and construction project restart, to support businesses through the coronavirus outbreak.
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World Economic Forum,Marsh,Zurich, 1st May 2020
Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
This report taps into the views of nearly 350 senior risk professionals who participated in the COVID-19 Risks Perception Survey conducted by WEF, Marsh & McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group – four key areas of significant challenges emerge from the survey as global concerns.
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Financial Times, 5th May 2020
A Financial Times article on the UK’s coronavirus contact tracing app that is currently being tested on the Isle of Wight, including a discussion on security risks and implications for privacy.
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