The Cyber Periscope

As synthetic media becomes more convincing, cyber risk is expanding beyond our systems and into perception itself. Impersonation events challenge the architecture of "traditional" cyber insurance, which is built around technical failure and security events. In this episode of The Cyber Periscope, Pam Signorello sits down with Michael Phillips, Head of Global Cyber Portfolio Underwriting at Coaliti...

As cyber operations increasingly intersect with geopolitical conflict, legacy insurance exclusions are being put to the test. In this episode of The Cyber Periscope, Pam Signorello sits down with Jessica Gallinaro to unpack how modern cyber incidents are challenging decades old assumptions about the war exclusion. Together, they explore why legacy policy language struggles to address conflicts tha...

What determines whether a ransomware event becomes a controlled disruption or a full blown crisis? In this episode of The Cyber Periscope, Pam sits down with Dr. Stephen Boyce, CEO and President of The Cyber Doctor, and Don Wyper, COO of DigitalMint, to explore why ransomware outcomes diverge so dramatically. From leadership readiness to the shrinking role of reputational risk, they break down how...

What happens when the familiar faces of trusted clients, coworkers, and peers turn out to be AI-generated imposters? In this episode of The Cyber Periscope, Pam Signorello sits down with Nate Lovett of Wiley's Cyber Insurance practice, to dissect the rise of AI-driven cybercrime. From multimillion-dollar deepfake scams to automated ransomware and hyper-targeted phishing, AI has introduced a range...

Welcome to the premiere episode of The Cyber Periscope, where Pamela L. Signorello sits down with Bill Knauss, special counsel in Wiley's Insurance Practice, to discuss the 2025 NetDiligence Cyber Claims Study, the evolving landscape of cyber risk, the outsized impact of ransomware, and a pivotal court decision challenging the concept of "direct" causation in a cyber insurance policy.