Cyber demand grows following high-profile attacks
CFC’s Andy Holmes has told Post the provider has seen increased demand for cyber cover in the wake of high profile cyber attacks this year, while warning the industry “needs to look at itself” over low levels of uptake for the product among businesses.
Holmes, group capacity director at CFC, said that prior to high profile cyber attacks against the likes of M&S and Jaguar Land Rover, growth in the class had “flatlined”, characterising this as
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