[161896] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BCP38 - Internet Death Penalty
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Thu Mar 28 00:57:14 2013
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:56:53 +0000
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On Mar 28, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> Actually, I do know someone who is in the "digital insurance" (for lack o=
f a better term) business, and although I just met them a few weeks ago, so=
mehow I get the feeling that it is a growth industry.
I think this concept applies to traditional insurers, as well as newer tech=
-focused insurers, as they're all potentially on the hook for payouts due t=
o business-disrupting events of all sorts - including DDoS-induced losses.
Perhaps your friend can provide some insight and/or pointers on this genera=
l topic? Ideally, it would be a Good Thing to engage with the various actu=
arial organizations in order to brief them at properly-calibrated level of =
detail in order to educate them on this topic, followed by engagement with =
specific insurers.
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