Cyber insurance is a relatively new form of risk transfer that helps companies to mitigate the financial impact of cyber-attacks and outages. It provides an additional layer of protection by addressing some of the residual risks that cannot be completely eliminated through technical and organizational controls alone.

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In an era where technology and business strategies go hand in hand, harmonising IT governance and management with business objectives is key to the success of leading organisations. My presentation will use a specific audit to highlight how we, as internal auditors, use the COBIT framework to not only review this alignment, but also strategically plan our subsequent audits to target where they will provide the most value in achieving organisational objectives.

New variants of criminal activities are constantly being developed to illegally obtain information and data, highly developed technologies, processes, patents and customer information. The motives lie in the realisation of financial gain or the acquisition of power.