Federico has a tip on getting the name of the frontmost Mac app using Shortcuts and shares ActiveTask, which creates a Things task that deep-links to an Obsidian document, Jonathan has created an Action Button-like automation for the Mac, John imagines the Apple game controller of his dreams, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the...
In This Issue
This month, John explains his workflow for long-term research projects, which he developed for covering the DOJ’s lawsuit against Apple and Devon uses Everlog to create a timeline of his life....
In This Issue
Federico shares a shortcut to assign a new system wallpaper from Files or Finder, Jonathan is an SF Symbols super fan, and John has a theory about why the DOJ is obsessed with super apps, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles,...
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Stories Film Featuring the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs and Shot in Apple Immersive Video Coming Later Today Vision Pro Chronicles: My Custom ‘Dual Knit Open’ Setup for Maximum Comfort and Awareness Lickability on the Design of Apple’s Sports App A MacStories Setups Update WWDC 2024 Scheduled for June 10-14 Along with Special Event at Apple...
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Next week on AppStories, Federico and John break down the Department of Justice antitrust complaint against Apple. Next week onMagic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon highlight new Apple Original documentary STEVE!, share a few hopes for this year’s WWDC, grade their Academy Awards predictions, and preview this weekend’s premiere of Apple Original series...
A Small Update to ThingsBox
In December, I published an Automation Academy column for Club Plus and Premier members about ThingsBox, a comprehensive shortcut to quickly save all kinds of data into the Things inbox. I’ve been using ThingsBox myself for months now, and I love it, but earlier this week, I realized that it wasn’t properly saving URLs shared...
Struggling to Afford Cybersecurity Insurance? Here’s Why. [Sponsor]
When MGM Resorts suffered a $100 million hack in September, CEO Bill Hornbuckle wasn’t too worried about the lost revenue, because cyber insurance would cover the tab. “I can only imagine what next year’s bill will be,” he joked.
Weeks later, on a call with analysts, Hornbuckle complained about the “staggering” rise of insurance costs in the past few years.
This story neatly illustrates the crisis in cyber liability coverage. For years, companies have invested more in security insurance than in actual security. The result has been a tidal wave of data breaches that have driven up the cost of premiums to the point that they are rapidly becoming unaffordable.
Some large enterprises are responding to the increased costs by creating their own “captive carriers,” insurance providers that exist only to serve them. But that’s clearly not an option for small businesses, which are more likely to go without insurance altogether.
According to Andrew Bucci, VP of Sales at Amplified Insurance Partners, “It’s going to come to a point where some people may have to self-insure, which means that they don’t take a cyber policy out and they just cross their fingers they don’t have some sort of breach.” That’s a huge gamble for SMBs, since they could be driven to bankruptcy by a single security incident.
At Kolide, we’ve seen our cyber insurance premiums go up by 40% in just the last two years, and we got curious about:
- What’s driving the increases?
- Who really needs cybersecurity insurance?
- How can the average company reduce their premiums?
What we found was that insurance companies themselves can help get us out of this crisis, by mandating some (pretty basic) security requirements for their customers–things like MFA, endpoint security, and retiring end-of-life software.
Read the full blog to learn more about our findings.
Our thanks to Kolide for sponsoring MacStories this week.
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