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Cybersecurity Insurance as the Method of Protection Against Cyber-Risks

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This chapter is dealing with use of insurance as the method for mitigation of the cyber risks. The significance of the cyber insurance as the protective measure against cyberattacks is recently underestimated. Business circles are still not aware of the danger connected with the utilisation of the unsecured modern computer networks and technologies. Author of the chapter is analysing development and contents of the cybersecurity insurance.

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  1. Department of Private Law, CEVRO INSTITUT, Jungmannova 28/17, Prague 1, Czech Republic

    Petr Dobiáš

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  1. Department of Security and Law, Ambis College, Praha, Czech Republic

    Irena Tušer

  2. Faculty of Military Technology, Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic

    Šárka Hošková-Mayerová

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Dobiáš, P. (2022). Cybersecurity Insurance as the Method of Protection Against Cyber-Risks. In: Tušer, I., Hošková-Mayerová, Š. (eds) Trends and Future Directions in Security and Emergency Management. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 257. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88907-4_19

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