Excelsior Life

In this National Cybersecurity Institute podcast, Derek A. Smith provides a brief overview of cyber risk insurance. He describes what cyber risk insurance is, talks about a few problems with this type of insurance and offers five considerations should you decide to purchase cyber risk insurance.   Derek A. Smith Biography Derek A. Smith is the Director of Cyber Security Initiatives at the National Cyber Security Institute at Excelsior College. Mr. Smith has years of government and military leadership experience and holds an MBA, Master of Science in Information Assurance, Master in Information Technology Project Management, and B.S in Education. He also holds the following certifications:  Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Authorization Professional (CAP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator, Computer Network Defense Architect, Certified EC-Council Instructor, Certified SCADA Security Architect (CSSA), and Security+.