Wendy Hou-Neely
Wendy is from Marsh McLennan Cyber Risk Intelligence Center. She specializes in data, data analytics, risk quantification models for all aspects of cyber. She designed and created the various cyber risk models for MMC as well as consulting on cyber risk quantification for clients from various industries since 2017.
Wendy has over 30 years’ experience in the information technology industry, analytics, both in enterprise software, hardware and security. Like many others in the space, she began working in the area of cyber security more than 10 years ago to understand the financial impact of cyber breaches on businesses. Her skills in analytics and data science, combined with her understanding finance, technology and the nature of cyber breaches uniquely afford her the ability to quantify cyber risks.
Session
The year 2023 was a record breaking year for cyber events. The continued threat of ransomware and increased data compromises for 2023 compared to records set in 2021 were in part due to zero-day attacks. Global widespread events such as Zero-day and cloud are becoming more prevalent. The cyber claims and risk environment are evolving, but the key themes remain. The headline costs are often just partial losses, many top companies have leveraged cyber risk models to quantify their potential risk. This session will show attendees what some of the costs are and how the risk environment is changing.